Senior Network Sales Engineer - Service Provider (Remote)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 175,000 - 412,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is seeking a Principal Network Sales Engineer to join the Service Provider Pre-Sales Engineering team. This remote opportunity prefers candidates in TX, NY, NJ, or VA, with 20-30% travel involved across customers and partners.

The role combines networking, architecture, and strategic pre-sales leadership to drive complex opportunities, deliver design guidance, and influence executives throughout the sales cycle.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant networking experience, with a customer-facing pre-sales track record.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field is required.
• Hands-on skills and ability to support complex proofs-of-concept tests.
• Outstanding communication across technical and executive audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills for virtual, multinational teams; 20-30% travel.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical consulting across opportunities as trusted adviser to the account team and customer.
• Build relationships with account management and engineering teams.
• Support requirements, solution design, deep-dive presentations, and POC tests.
• Become the go-to expert on product portfolio and market trends for the customer.
• Speak at internal/external conferences and industry events.
• Align proposed solutions with customer business needs up to executive levels.

Skills

Networking expertise

Pre-sales

Customer relations

Communication

Travel 20-30%

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical discipline

Tools

Paragon

MIST

Apstra

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Python

Ansible

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is seeking a Principal Network Sales Engineer to join the Service Provider Pre-Sales Engineering team. This remote opportunity prefers candidates in TX, NY, NJ, or VA, with 20-30% travel involved across customers and partners.

The role combines networking, architecture, and strategic pre-sales leadership to drive complex opportunities, deliver design guidance, and influence executives throughout the sales cycle.