Remote Presales Network Architect

Socket.dev; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 121,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales System Engineer to join our Networking team. This remote role supports account teams, designs and presents architecture across campus, branch, wireless, routing, SD-WAN, and security domains, and engages customers from discovery to close.

You will lead technical assessments, develop costed proposals, and collaborate with engineers and specialists to drive successful outcomes for HPE Networking solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, CS, IT, or equivalent experience.
• Industry certifications preferred: Aruba ACA/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—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

Pre-sales

Sales engineering

Networking knowledge

Consultative selling

Customer-facing

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience

Tools

Aruba ACA/ACP

Juniper JNCIA

Cisco CCNA

Fortinet FCA/FCP

CWNA

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales System Engineer to join our Networking team. This remote role supports account teams, designs and presents architecture across campus, branch, wireless, routing, SD-WAN, and security domains, and engages customers from discovery to close.

You will lead technical assessments, develop costed proposals, and collaborate with engineers and specialists to drive successful outcomes for HPE Networking solutions.