Principal Sustain Engineer - PCE (Houston, TX)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Spring (TX); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 349,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP in Houston, TX is seeking a Principal Sustain Engineer - PCE. This hybrid role requires you to work an average of 2 days per week from an HPE office.

You will lead investigation and resolution of complex production issues, design integrations, build automation, and apply AI/LLM techniques to improve reliability and proactive operations across factory environments and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years in software engineering, sustaining engineering, integration engineering, SRE, production engineering, or a related role.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud platforms, distributed systems, APIs, integrations, and production environments.
• Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, or similar technologies.
• Experience with databases, monitoring, logging, networking, and automation.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigation and resolution of complex production issues across applications, APIs, cloud services, integrations, data pipelines, and factory systems.
• Perform root-cause analysis and drive permanent fixes that improve reliability at scale.
• Design, build, and support integrations between factory environments, cloud platforms, internal systems, and third-party applications.
• Develop automation that reduces manual effort across onboarding, diagnostics, deployments, monitoring, and support.
• Leverage AI and LLM technologies to improve troubleshooting, incident response, knowledge management, and operational efficiency.
• Partner across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Product, and Customer Success to solve high-impact business problems.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Cloud platforms

APIs & integrations

Programming: Python/JS/Go/Java

Databases & monitoring

Communication skills

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

Principal Sustain Engineer - PCE (Houston, TX)

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:

Why This Role Matters

Help us build the future of AI-driven operations. Our team designs, delivers, and supports mission-critical private cloud and engineered systems solutions that power some of the world's most demanding enterprise environments. In this role, you will help transform support from a reactive function into a proactive, AI-enabled engineering capability by improving reliability, building resilient integrations, automating operational work, and preventing issues before they impact customers.

What You’ll Do

• Lead investigation and resolution of complex production issues across applications, APIs, cloud services, integrations, data pipelines, and factory systems.


• Perform root-cause analysis and drive permanent fixes that improve reliability at scale.


• Design, build, and support integrations between factory environments, cloud platforms, internal systems, and third-party applications.


• Develop automation that reduces manual effort across onboarding, diagnostics, deployments, monitoring, and support.


• Leverage AI and LLM technologies to improve troubleshooting, incident response, knowledge management, and operational efficiency.


• Partner across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Product, and Customer Success to solve high-impact business problems.

What Success Looks Like

• Become a trusted escalation point for our most challenging technical issues.


• Improve the reliability and scalability of our factory-to-cloud ecosystem.


• Reduce recurring incidents through automation and root-cause elimination.


• Build AI-powered capabilities that improve engineering and support productivity.


• Help create a more proactive, intelligent, and highly automated operating model.

What You Bring

• Required 7 -10 years in software engineering, sustaining engineering, integration engineering, SRE, production engineering, or a related role.


• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud platforms, distributed systems, APIs, integrations, and production environments.


• Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, or similar technologies.


• Experience with databases, monitoring, logging, networking, and automation.


• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

• Manufacturing, factory, IoT, edge, or operational technology experience.


• Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.


• Familiarity with MQTT, OPC UA, SCADA, MES, PLCs, or similar technologies.


• Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and modern DevOps practices.


• Experience with AI, LLMs, agents, RAG, vector databases, or AI-powered engineering tools.

The Ideal Candidate

You’re a builder, problem solver, and relentless optimizer. You naturally look for patterns, automate repetitive work, and challenge inefficient processes. You see AI not as a buzzword, but as a powerful tool for creating smarter systems, faster decisions, and better outcomes. If you’re excited about helping build the next generation of AI-driven operations supporting mission-critical private cloud and engineered systems, we’d love to hear from you.

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_05

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 152,000 - 349,000 in Texas The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered. Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

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.

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