Remote Presales Engineer: Networking & Security

PreSales Collective; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 127,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a global edge-to-cloud company, seeks a SLED Presales Engineer to support Networking Account Managers, Partners and customers through the sales cycle. You will help modernize, secure, and simplify network infrastructure with HPE Networking solutions.

The SMB/enterprise-focused role combines networking knowledge with consultative selling to position solutions across wired/wireless networking, security, routing, SD-WAN, SASE and cloud-managed networking environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Industry certifications preferred: Aruba ACA, Aruba ACP, Juniper JNCIA, Cisco CCNA, Fortinet FCA/FCP, CWNA.

Responsibilities

• Partner with account managers to develop account strategy, qualify opportunities, and drive technical wins across assigned territory.
• Lead discovery sessions to uncover customer business drivers, technical requirements, and modernization goals.
• Conduct technical assessments to evaluate current environments, identify gaps and risks, and define solution approaches.
• Design and architect end-to-end HPE Networking solutions across campus, branch, wireless, routing, SD-WAN, and security domains.
• Recommend solutions aligned to customer business outcomes, digital transformation initiatives, and modernization strategies.
• Deliver customized technical presentations, product demonstrations, and virtual engagements for both technical and executive audiences.
• Support the development of proposals, RFP/RFI responses, bills of materials, and solution documentation.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, architects, and specialists on complex or multi-domain opportunities.
• Maintain deep expertise across HPE Networking portfolios (Juniper/Aruba—including wired, wireless, routing, data center, and SASE).
• Stay current on industry trends such as AI-Ops, Zero Trust, NaaS, AI-driven networking, and campus fabric evolution.
• Analyze competitive technologies and articulate HPE differentiation in customer conversations.
• Continuously expand technical and industry expertise through certifications and professional development.

Skills

Account strategy

Discovery facilitation

Technical storytelling

Executive communication

Consultative selling

Networking fundamentals

SD-WAN / SASE familiarity

Zero Trust exposure

Solution evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, CS, IT, or equivalent

Aruba ACA

Aruba ACP

Juniper JNCIA

Cisco CCNA

Fortinet FCA/FCP

CWNA

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a global edge-to-cloud company, seeks a SLED Presales Engineer to support Networking Account Managers, Partners and customers through the sales cycle. You will help modernize, secure, and simplify network infrastructure with HPE Networking solutions.

The SMB/enterprise-focused role combines networking knowledge with consultative selling to position solutions across wired/wireless networking, security, routing, SD-WAN, SASE and cloud-managed networking environments.