Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer - Northern New Jersey

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 146,000 - 343,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP is seeking a Senior Presales Systems Engineer for Northern New Jersey to support State, Local Government, and K-12 accounts. You will partner with Territory Managers to design solutions, win deals, and become a trusted technical advisor.

The role focuses on end-to-end networking design, presentations, PoCs, and proposals, with travel within the NJ territory and collaboration with customers, partners, and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, IT, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in infrastructure, systems engineering, or pre-sales for enterprise networking.
• Strong customer-facing communication, presentation, and consultative selling skills.
• Ability to turn technical requirements into practical business solutions.
• Comfort working with customers, partners, sales, and executives.
• Live in the Northern New Jersey territory and travel onsite to customers.
• Gather customer requirements and tailor solution designs to the account.
• Recommend the best delivery approach for each customer, not just the architecture.
• Combine technical depth with business acumen to show how HPE delivers measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Work with Territory Managers to qualify and close opportunities.
• Design end-to-end networking solutions against customer requirements.
• Deliver presentations, demos, workshops, and PoCs.
• Write technical proposals and architecture recommendations.
• Position HPE against competitors on technical and business value.
• Build relationships with customers, partners, and internal teams.
• Support channel and demand‑gen activity in the territory.
• Stay current on networking technology and competitive trends.
• Support complex deals from discovery through deployment.

Skills

Engineering/CS/IT degree

5+ years networking

Customer communication

Tech-to-business mapping

Cross-functional collaboration

NJ residency

Requirements gathering

Delivery approach

Technical & business acumen

SLED experience

HPE Aruba / Cisco / Juniper

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

HPE Aruba

Juniper

Cisco

Job description

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:

Senior Presales Systems Engineer – Northern New Jersey

HPE Networking delivers AI-native networking that helps organizations modernize infrastructure and securely connect people, devices, and applications. We are hiring a customer-facing Systems Engineer to support State, Local Government, and K-12 accounts across Northern New Jersey. You will partner with Territory Managers to design solutions, win deals, and become a trusted technical advisor.

What You’ll Do

• Work with TMs to qualify and close opportunities


• Design end-to-end networking solutions against customer requirements


• Deliver presentations, demos, workshops, and PoCs


• Write technical proposals and architecture recommendations


• Position HPE against competitors on technical and business value


• Build relationships with customers, partners, and internal teams


• Support channel and demand‑gen activity in the territory


• Stay current on networking technology and competitive trends


• Support complex deals from discovery through deployment

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Engineering, CS, IT, or equivalent experience


• 5+ years in infrastructure, systems engineering, or pre-sales for enterprise networking


• Strong customer-facing communication, presentation, and consultative selling skills


• Ability to turn technical requirements into practical business solutions


• Comfort working with customers, partners, sales, and executives


• Live in the Northern New Jersey territory and travel onsite to customers (role may be posted as remote)


• Gather customer requirements and tailor solution designs to the account


• Recommend the best delivery approach for each customer, not just the architecture


• Combine technical depth with business acumen to show how HPE delivers measurable outcomes

Core technical areas

• Campus/branch networking, routing & switching, enterprise wireless


• Network security and NAC


• Cloud-managed networking


• Solution architecture, demos, and PoCs


• HPE Aruba, Juniper, Cisco, or equivalent certifications


• SLED experience preferred


• Working knowledge of enterprise networking trends and competitors

Preferred

• Experience mentoring junior SEs

Why HPE Networking

You’ll work on AI-driven networking for public-sector customers, on a team that values technical excellence and customer impact across Northern New Jersey.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

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.

Let’s Stay Connected:

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Job: Sales

Job Level: TCP_04

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 146,000 - 343,000 in New Jersey
This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target‑level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target‑level sales compensation is 75%/25%.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

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