Remote Pre-Sales Systems Engineer for State & Higher Ed

HPE Aruba Networking; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 412,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, trading as HPE Aruba Networking, seeks a seasoned Pre-Sales Systems Engineer to support State Government and Higher Education customers across Kentucky. You will partner with account teams to craft architectures, lead technical discovery, and translate complex requirements into compelling solutions.

You will articulate the value of AI-native networking, self-driving networks, and secure, scalable designs while presenting to technical and executive audiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in pre-sales engineering, systems engineering, network architecture, technical consulting, network engineering, or a related technical role.
• Strong Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking fundamentals, with experience across enterprise routing, switching, wireless, and network security technologies.
• Experience designing, implementing, supporting, or positioning enterprise networking solutions.
• Knowledge of cloud-managed networking, SD-WAN, data center networking, network automation, and AI-driven operations is preferred.
• Industry certifications from Aruba, Juniper, HPE, Cisco, or other vendors are preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor for State Government and Higher Education customers throughout Kentucky, building relationships from network engineers and architects to IT and executive leadership.
• Partner with Account Managers to develop account strategies and identify, qualify, and advance opportunities through successful closure and adoption.
• Lead technical discovery, understand customer challenges and future-state goals, and translate requirements into practical solution architectures and business outcomes.
• Help customers understand how AI-native networking and the evolution toward self-driving networks can simplify operations, improve user experience, strengthen security, and increase resiliency.
• Deliver engaging customer presentations, demonstrations, whiteboarding sessions, workshops, Proof of Concept (POCs), and technical evaluations.
• Position HPE Networking solutions against competitive offerings and clearly articulate technical differentiation and customer value.
• Collaborate with channel partners and internal specialists to support RFPs, complex technical engagements, and successful customer outcomes.
• Continuously develop expertise across HPE Aruba Networking and HPE Juniper Networking technologies, industry trends, and emerging network architectures.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Customer communication

Technical leadership

Presentation skills

Travel up to 60%

Independent work

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Aruba Networking

Juniper Networking

Cloud-managed networking

SD-WAN

Network automation

AI-driven operations

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, trading as HPE Aruba Networking, seeks a seasoned Pre-Sales Systems Engineer to support State Government and Higher Education customers across Kentucky. You will partner with account teams to craft architectures, lead technical discovery, and translate complex requirements into compelling solutions.

You will articulate the value of AI-native networking, self-driving networks, and secure, scalable designs while presenting to technical and executive audiences.