Senior Principal: Solution Test & Automation Architect

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 378,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing benefits

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive culture and collaboration

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Principal Solution Test & Automation Engineer to lead validation for large‑scale networking and software solutions. Hybrid work arrangement with 2 days per week in‑office, interacting with engineering, architecture, product management, and customers to ensure quality across the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes automation, observability, and strategic quality initiatives, with mentorship and leadership across functions to accelerate

Qualifications

• Software engineering & automation expert‑level programming in Python, Go, or C++, with deep proficiency in at least one language.
• Extensive experience designing and building automation platforms and quality engineering ecosystems.
• Experience integrating large‑scale automated testing into CI/CD environments.
• Proven history of driving transformational automation initiatives.
• Systems & networking expertise and strong Linux/UNIX fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer deployments and develop validation strategies for large‑scale solutions.
• Lead validation efforts and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure reliability and observability.
• Define and drive automation strategy across products and engineering teams.
• Lead system‑level testing, debugging, and root‑cause investigations across domains.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers on quality engineering practices.

Skills

Python/Go/C++

CI/CD

Linux/UNIX

Networking

Tools

Ixia

Spirent

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Principal Solution Test & Automation Engineer to lead validation for large‑scale networking and software solutions. Hybrid work arrangement with 2 days per week in‑office, interacting with engineering, architecture, product management, and customers to ensure quality across the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes automation, observability, and strategic quality initiatives, with mentorship and leadership across functions to accelerate