Principal PreSales Systems Engineer - HPE Networking (South Florida)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Ohio; Remote; USD 179,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal PreSales Systems Engineer for HPE Networking in South Florida. This remote/teleworker role centers on delivering pre-sales support to Global Major Accounts, shaping tailored network solutions, and driving opportunity closures.

The role requires deep networking expertise, strong communication, and the ability to partner with Territory Managers to qualify and win opportunities across campus and distributed networks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of infrastructure engineering with pre-sales exposure.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Customer-focused with ability to design and manage complex solutions.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and guide opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Manage account and partner responsibilities for selected (Global Major) accounts in assigned territory.
• Provide hardware, software, and services solutions to meet complex needs.
• Deliver technical presentations to customers, partners, and prospects.
• Develop and maintain a sales pipeline and forecast for regional goals.
• Lead in team environments to tailor innovative solutions for clients.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Pre-sales experience

Communication

Customer-focused

Stakeholder engagement

Wireless networking

Tools

Aruba Networking

Juniper Mist Networking

NAC (Clearpass/ISE)

Job description

Principal PreSales Systems Engineer - HPE Networking (South Florida)

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

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

As a Principal PreSales Systems Engineer for HPE Networking, you will be responsible for managing pre-sales technical / functional support to prospective clients and Global Major Accounts while ensuring customer satisfaction. With a proven track record of successful sales support activity, the Systems Engineer will present and articulate the capabilities and values of a HPE Network Solution versus that of our competitors. The preferred candidate will have career level experience with networking infrastructure technologies in all arenas. The SE will work with Territory Managers to qualify opportunities and convert leads into successful engagements. The Principal Networking Systems Engineer must combine excellent sales support, and consultative skills with an expert understanding of advanced and emerging technologies with an emphasis on campus and distributed branch networks. The Systems Engineer will consult with their assigned Territory Manager to provide a comprehensive pitch to prospective clients. This Systems Engineer will proactively support an opportunity pipeline and drive through the sales process to closure. This Principal‑level position requires the ability to lead in a team environment and to collaborate on the development of innovative, tailored solutions for both clients and prospects. Incumbents must know how to gather the client data required to effectively tailor a solution. Solution selling is a must, and incumbents need to understand the various ways a solution may be delivered and have the ability to anticipate what will work best for a given client. By combining technical expertise with business acumen this role provides vital, detailed information about how HPE Networking solutions deliver business value to our clients.

Territory

South Florida

Responsibilities

• Manage account and partner responsibilities for selected (Global Major) accounts in assigned territory.
• Provide the optimum combination of hardware, software, and services to meet complex customer needs.
• Play a role in the development of the bid, proposal, and presentation of the solution to the prospect.
• Provide specific solutions/technology/product/technical and sales support for accounts in assigned territory.
• Deliver technical presentations to customers, partners, and potential prospects.
• Manage channel partners to help drive business and deliver demand generation events.
• Develop account relationships over time to continue to deliver advice to the customer and identify additional opportunities; maintain and manage a sales pipeline and forecasts against regional goals.
• Possess competitive knowledge including solution, technology, and product offerings.
• Provide consultative support to key internal/external stakeholders in assigned territory.
• Use in‑depth product knowledge to provide technical expertise to sales staff and the customer through sales presentations and product demonstrations.
• Assist the sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs.
• Prepare detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer products/applications/solutions.
• Create detailed design and implementation specifications for complex products/applications/solutions.
• Build a proof of concept based on customer requirements to demonstrate feasibility of the application, often requiring rapid prototyping and/or product demo for client.
• Provide consultation to prospective users and/or product capability assessment and validation.

Experience

• 10+ years of infrastructure engineering and experience with successful pre-sales support is preferred.
• Oral and written communication, organizational, presentation, prioritization, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be customer focused and have the ability to design and manage solutions to complex technical issues.
• Ability to interface with senior levels of internal / external organizations is required.
• Extensive Aruba Networking or Juniper Mist Networking knowledge.
• Routing and switching technologies.
• Networking Security.
• NAC experience - Clearpass, ISE, Cloud NAC, Juniper Access Assurance.
• Wireless Design, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Pre and post wireless site survey knowledge - eg. Ekahau or Hamina.
• CWNA, CWDP, CWSP knowledge level preferred.

Accessibility

If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process,

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

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 178,500 - 420,000 in Florida This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 75%/25%.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law.

HPE is an E-Verify employer.