Principle SecOps & Observability Engineer, (Clearance Secret or Top Secret) CO, AL, OK, TX

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 160,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Principle SecOps & Observability Engineer to own architecture for unified operations across air-gapped and hybrid environments. Key platform focus includes ServiceNow, Tenable Security Center, and OpsRamp, with Elastic, Proven Optics, and Cohesity familiarity as a plus.

Requires US citizenship and Secret/Top Secret clearance, with ~25% travel. The role is hybrid, demanding hands‑on integration, roadmap definition, and leadership across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• Typically 10+ years experience.
• U.S. citizenship and security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) required.
• Hybrid work arrangement with travel ~25%.

Responsibilities

• Designs architectures for software systems across multiple platforms.
• Integrates third‑party products into a unified operations console via APIs.
• Evaluates new technologies and aligns with roadmap and business value.
• Mentors staff to promote innovation and excellence.
• Integrates ITSM, CMDB, and Security Operations workflows.

Skills

SecOps knowledge

Observability architectures

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Strong communication

Problem solving

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS

Tools

ServiceNow

Tenable Security Center

OpsRamp

Elastic

Proven Optics

Cohesity

Job description

Principle SecOps & Observability Engineer, (Clearance Secret or Top Secret) CO, AL, OK, 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:

Job Family Definition: Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software and integration solutions across enterprise platforms.

Architects the integration of third‑party products into a unified operations console, and determines platform, data, and interface compatibility to influence overall system design in secure, disconnected, and hybrid environments.

Management Level Definition: Contributions have a visible technical impact on a product or major subcomponent. Applies in-depth professional knowledge and innovative ideas to solve complex, cross-platform integration problems. Recognized authority in SecOps and observability architectures who provides technical leadership, drives technical direction grounded in research and industry best practice, and contributes to mentorship and knowledge sharing across the organization.

Role Overview & Mission :

The Disconnected Hybrid Operations Console (DHOC) is HPE's unified operations console for monitoring Security Operations (SecOps) and Observability across disconnected, air-gapped, and hybrid environments. As Principal Technologist, you are the senior technical owner of the architecture that integrates a portfolio of third‑party products into a single operational pane of glass. We are hiring a Principal‑level technologist who is equally capable at the keyboard and console and at the whiteboard. Someone who can hands‑on integrate and troubleshoot the platforms, and who can also set technical direction, define the integration roadmap, and ensure our design decisions are anchored in research and industry‑standard best practices. Primary platform emphasis is on ServiceNow, Tenable Security Center, and OpsRamp, with working familiarity of Elastic, Proven Optics, and Cohesity considered a strong plus. US Citizenship required Clearance required: Secret or Top Secret Travel: 25% required

Responsibilities:

• Develops organization‑wide architectures and methodologies for software systems design and development across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit.
• Design, build, configure, and troubleshoot integrations between the operations console and third‑party platforms using APIs, connectors, event/data pipelines, and message buses.
• Identifies and evaluates new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value; creates plans for integration and update into architecture.
• Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.
• Leverages recognized domain expertise, business acumen, and experience to influence decisions of executive business leadership, outsourced development partners, and industry standards groups.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to less‑experienced staff members to set an example of software systems design and development innovation and excellence.
• Integrate ITSM, CMDB, and Security Operations workflows so that events, vulnerabilities, incidents, and assets are correlated within the console.
• Integrate infrastructure and application monitoring, event management, and AIOps signals for end‑to‑end health and performance visibility.

Knowledge and Skills:

• ServiceNow for ITSM, CMDB, and Security Operations workflows; integration via REST/APIs, integration hub, and event ingestion.
• Tenable Security Center for vulnerability management data, scan/asset integration, and feeding findings into console workflows and dashboards.
• OpsRamp for Hybrid infrastructure monitoring, event management, and AIOps for observability across the estate.
• Elastic for search, logging, and observability data store and visualization.
• Proven Optics for Technology Business Management / FinOps cost and financial data integration.
• Cohesity for Data protection, backup, and cyber‑resilience integration.
• Experience designing and developing software systems design tools and languages.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience in overall architecture of software systems for products and solutions.
• Designing and integrating software systems running on multiple platform types into overall architecture.
• Evaluating and selecting forms and processes for software systems testing and methodology, including writing and execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools.
• History of innovation with multiple patents or deployed solutions in the field of software design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.
• Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at business unit and executive levels.

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent. Typically 10+ years experience.

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: 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 160,000 - 303,000 in Colorado // 152,000 - 349,000 in Alabama & Oklahoma & Texas The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

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