Engineering Manager - Cybersecurity R&D

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; Friday Harbor (WA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Cybersecurity R&D team to build and lead a group advancing secure routers, switches, and firewalls running Junos OS. The role is hybrid, with in-office collaboration expected to drive security certifications and SDL practices at scale.

You will drive AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and remediation while coordinating across geographies with a strong emphasis on people leadership and strategic project delivery.

Qualifications

• Broad cybersecurity and networking knowledge across routers, switches and firewalls.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; negotiation and influence skills.

Responsibilities

• Builds and leads a team focused on security certification readiness and AI-driven defense.
• Leads through rapid changes in product security requirements and threats.
• Collaborates with peer managers to plan and execute cybersecurity projects across geographies.
• Manages headcount, deliverables, schedules and costs for multiple projects.
• Communicates project status with stakeholders and escalations when needed.
• Drives process improvements and cost-reduction opportunities.
• Provides people-care management: hiring, performance plans, coaching, and career development.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Networking

Security features

Software engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Engineering Manager - Cybersecurity R&D

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week 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:

This is an opportunity to build a team that will operate at the frontier of cybersecurity, as part of the Junos Cybersecurity R&D organization in the HPE Networking business unit. The mission of Cybersecurity R&D is to collaborate across functions to build and sustain secure routers, switches, and firewalls running Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved. The organization spans cybersecurity domains with major responsibilities in the development of system security features, applied cryptography, supporting security certifications, and Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices, including harnessing frontier AI models for vulnerability discovery and remediation.

Responsibilities:

• Builds and leads a team of individual contributors making substantive contributions in security certification readiness, operational EUCRA support, developing security features and test harnesses, and AI-driven defense.
• Exert dynamic leadership in the face of rapidly changing and emergent product security requirements and threats.
• Collaborates closely with peer managers and teams in the planning and execution of cybersecurity projects across geographies.
• Manages headcount, deliverables, schedules, and costs for multiple ongoing projects,
• Communicates project status across stakeholders, with clean escalations when necessary.
• Continually drive process improvement and corresponding cost reduction opportunities.
• Provides people-care management for assigned team members, including hiring, setting and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, and career development.

Education and Experience Required:

• First-level university degree or equivalent experience required.
• Typically 5 or more years of related work experience, 1-2 years of people management experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• Broad knowledge and capability to quickly go deep in cybersecurity, networking, network products (routers, switches, firewalls), networking operating systems, and software engineering.
• Agile leadership skills, including coaching, team-building, and conflict resolution.
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence skills.

Relocation support provided for eligible candidates

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.

Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

Manager_1

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.