Senior Presales Networking & Cloud Architect (Remote)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Professional development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Presales Systems Engineer with deep networking, security, cloud architecture, and automation expertise to support enterprise and federal customers in hybrid environments.

You will lead architecture strategy, drive customer success, and coordinate technical sales execution while translating complex concepts into practical business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in systems engineering, network architecture, security engineering, or related technical leadership roles.
• Strong consultative and customer-facing experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise, healthcare, federal, or service provider environments.
• Demonstrated success leading technical engagements and influencing strategic customer decisions.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively.
• Experience conducting customer workshops, technical roadshows, or enablement sessions.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical advisor for enterprise and federal customer engagements.
• Architect and deliver secure, scalable networking and security solutions across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Lead customer workshops, PoCs, demonstrations, technical validations, and architecture sessions.
• Design and support solutions involving EVPN/VXLAN, MPLS, BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, IPv6, SDN, Zero Trust security, NAC/802.1X, IPSec/SSL VPN, microsegmentation, data center and campus networking.
• Collaborate with sales teams and partners to develop technical strategy for complex opportunities.
• Develop automation workflows and tooling using Python, Jupyter Notebooks, Ansible, Terraform, GitLab, and related DevOps frameworks.
• Deliver executive-level presentations and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide product feedback and field insight to engineering and product management teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical enablement initiatives.

Skills

Networking architectures

Security engineering

Cloud architecture

Automation proficiency

Technical leadership

Customer-facing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Python

Jupyter Notebooks

Ansible

Terraform

GitLab

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Presales Systems Engineer with deep networking, security, cloud architecture, and automation expertise to support enterprise and federal customers in hybrid environments.

You will lead architecture strategy, drive customer success, and coordinate technical sales execution while translating complex concepts into practical business outcomes.