Technical Presales Engineer - Networking

Zerto; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing programs

Personal & professional development

Unconditional inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Technical Presales Engineer - Networking to join the Global Proposal Specialist Engineering Team in India. This onsite role supports RFx responses for HPEN networking solutions across data centers and campuses.

You will interact with AMs, SEs, and cross‑functional teams, shaping technical proposals and BOMs to win deals. The candidate should have 5+ years in networking with 2+ years in pre‑sales, strong protocol knowledge, and relevant EC/CS degrees.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in networking/telco with at least 2+ years in Pre-sales.
• Bachelor's or Master's in EC/CS or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/UDP/IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, EVPN, VXLAN, etc.
• Experience with Data Centre, Campus networks, Wi‑Fi, SDWAN, Cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate meetings with AMs/SEs to understand scope and technical requirements.
• Propose HPEN products/solutions, prepare BOM if required, and work as an individual contributor.
• Provide technical responses in a professional manner within agreed timeframes.
• Serve as Technical SE and trusted advisor for Networking across Data Centre and Campus, including Wi‑Fi, SDWAN, Cloud, and Aruba/MIST products.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams to understand scope and requirements.
• Ensure archival of completed RFPs for future reference.
• Communicate effectively across distributed teams and foster teamwork.
• Participate in process improvement and internal quality reviews.

Skills

Networking protocols

Pre-sales experience

Communication skills

Certifications

Juniper/Aruba knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in EC/CS or equivalent

Job description

Technical Presales Engineer - Networking

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Management Level Definition:

HPE has an exciting opening for a team-oriented, highly effective, and motivated individual in HPE’s Global Proposal Specialist Engineering Team (PSE). PSE Team assists with understanding customers' requirements, bill of materials, responding to technical compliance questionnaires for RFx with respect to HPEN product portfolio.

PSE team is a part of the Sales Operations- Global Bid and Proposal Management Team.

What You'll Do

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate meetings with AM’s/SEs from PSE team standpoint to understand scope and determine technical requirements.
• Understand the RFP client scope, propose HPEN products/solutions, prepare bill of materials(if required) & work as an individual contributor for customer engagements.
• Provide technical responses in a professional manner and to agreed timeframes.
• Technical SE and trusted advisor for Networking solutions across Data Centre, Campus including Wi-Fi, SDWAN, Cloud, MIST and Aruba Products etc.
• Coordinate inter department teams like PLM, SME, Bid and other stakeholders to understand scope and technical requirements.
• Assure process for data archival of completed RFP’s and availability for future references.
• Communicate effectively across cross functional teams and work with geographically distributed teams building productive relationships internally and externally, fostering teamwork by keeping colleagues updated on activities
• Participate in process improvement and internal quality review.

Skills

A successful candidate will be:

• Analytical, energetic, learner and able to resolve complex problems
• Committed to develop technical and professional skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and remotely as well as in a team to accomplish goals

What you need to bring:

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of industry experience (preferably in networking/telco industry) with at least 2+ years of Pre-sales experience
• Bachelors or Masters in EC/CS or equivalent
• Networking Protocols: TCP/UDP/IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, ISIS,ARP, VLANS, BNG,PPP/PPPoE, DHCP, L2TP, ACI/ARI, Radius, Diameter, CoA, Traffic Engineering and other Tunneling Technologies, EVPN, VXLAN, BGP,SASE etc
• Knowledge of networking protocols and applications such as Security, Data Centre, Wi-Fi, SDWAN, SDN and Cloud technologies.
• Knowledge in the areas of: networking, cloud orchestration, security, automation, enterprise and campus design/technologies
• Domain Knowledge: Service Provider, Enterprise, Data Center Technologies & Broadband Services (basic understanding will be good)

Preferred Qualifications (not Mandatory):

• Knowledge of Juniper/Aruba products and solutions is a plus
• Basic experience of working on a proposal automation software is a plus

Preferred Certifications

• Any Product certifications(e.g JNCIS/JNCIP/JNCIE) or equivalent(CCNP/CCIE) is a plus.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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