Distinguished Technologist, Agentic AIOps & Self-Driving Networks

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 413,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Distinguished Technologist to lead agentic AIOps and self-driving networks, onsite in California. You will own the end-to-end assurance architecture, define the shared substrate across domains, and architect multi-agent orchestration with strong emphasis on safety and governance.

Expected 15+ years in engineering leadership, deep networking and graph tech, and hands-on Python/Go coding.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in engineering and architectural leadership.
• Broad networking experience across campus, data center, WAN/SD-WAN, and security.
• Deep networking fundamentals: EVPN-VXLAN, BGP, SAI-level behavior, overlay/underlay, identity and policy enforcement.
• Graph systems depth: knowledge or property graph modeling and graph algorithms.
• Applied AI on both sides: LLM agents, tool calling, MCP, and ML.
• Production AIOps or observability experience: correlation, anomaly detection, incident lifecycle.
• Cloud-native at scale: Kubernetes, microservices, Kafka, time-series/OLAP stores, hybrid and public cloud.
• Strong hands-on coding in Python and Go, sustained through design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end assurance architecture across domains and platforms.
• Define the shared substrate - a common model spanning intent, topology, config, identity, policy, and state.
• Architect the agentic layer: planning and tool-use agents, MCP tool servers, and multi-agent orchestration across domain boundaries.
• Own the safety architecture: approval gates, policy enforcement at tool boundaries, remediation safety tiers, blast-radius limits, and deterministic rollback.
• Set the discipline for when to use deterministic graph reasoning, classical ML, or generative AI.
• Establish evaluation as a shipped discipline - golden fault corpora, replayable incident harnesses, MTTR and false-escalation rate as metrics.
• Carry the strategy across BUs and influence executive and product stakeholders toward one substrate.
• Mentor engineers and develop the next generation of principal and distinguished technical leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Graph theory

AI/ML

Python

Go

Automation

Observability

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

gNMI/OpenConfig

Time-series stores

MCP

Python

Go

Job description

Distinguished Technologist, Agentic AIOps & Self-Driving Networks

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:

Key responsibilities

• Own the E2E assurance architecture: cross-domain telemetry normalization, correlation, root cause, guarded remediation, and outcome verification.
• Define the shared substrate - a common model spanning intent, topology, config, identity, policy, and state
• Architect the agentic layer: planning and tool-use agents, MCP tool servers, and multi-agent orchestration across domain boundaries.
• Own the safety architecture: approval gates, policy enforcement at tool boundaries, remediation safety tiers, blast-radius limits, and deterministic rollback.
• Set the discipline for when to use deterministic graph reasoning, classical ML, or generative AI - and when not to.
• Establish evaluation as a shipped discipline - golden fault corpora, replayable incident harnesses, and MTTR and false-escalation rate as product metrics.
• Carry the strategy across BUs and influence executive and product stakeholders toward one substrate.
• Mentor engineers and develop the next generation of principal and distinguished technical leaders.

Requirements

• 15+ years in engineering and architectural leadership building and operating large distributed systems in production.
• Breadth across networking domains - campus, data center, WAN/SD-WAN, and security - with proven depth in at least three.
• Deep networking fundamentals: EVPN-VXLAN, BGP, SAI-level behavior, overlay/underlay, identity and policy enforcement, and streaming telemetry (gNMI/OpenConfig) at scale.
• Graph systems depth: knowledge or property graph modeling and graph algorithms applied to dependency, impact, and causality.
• Applied AI on both sides: LLM agents, tool calling, MCP, and agent evaluation, plus classical ML and time-series modeling - and the judgment to know which the problem calls for.
• Production AIOps or observability experience: correlation, anomaly detection, noise reduction, incident lifecycle.
• Cloud-native at scale: Kubernetes, microservices, Kafka, time-series/OLAP stores, hybrid and public cloud.
• Strong hands-on coding in Python and Go, sustained through design and architecture. Proficient with AI-first, spec-driven prototyping.
• Demonstrated impact at Principal or Distinguished level spanning multiple organizations, including the ability to run discovery across teams that don't report to you.
• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline preferred.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here .

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

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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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_07

"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. - United States of America: Annual Salary USD 194,000 - 412,500 in California The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."

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