Senior Sustain Engineer - AI-Driven Ops (Hybrid TX)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Spring, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 349,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal SUSTAIN Engineer in Houston, TX, a hybrid role with on-site days at an HPE office. You will lead automation, AI-enabled troubleshooting, and integration efforts across private cloud and engineered systems to drive proactive, reliable operations.

The ideal candidate brings 7–10 years in software or sustaining engineering, strong cross-team collaboration, and hands-on experience with modern cloud stacks and automation.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years in software engineering, sustaining engineering, integration engineering, SRE, or related role.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud platforms, distributed systems, APIs, integrations, and production environments.
• Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigation and resolution of complex production issues across applications, APIs, cloud services, integrations, data pipelines, and factory systems.
• Perform root-cause analysis and drive permanent fixes that improve reliability at scale.
• Design, build, and support integrations between factory environments, cloud platforms, internal systems, and third-party applications.
• Develop automation that reduces manual effort across onboarding, diagnostics, deployments, monitoring, and support.
• Leverage AI and LLM technologies to improve troubleshooting, incident response, knowledge management, and operational efficiency.
• Partner across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Product, and Customer Success to solve high-impact business problems.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Cloud platforms

APIs & integrations

Automation

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

Java

Databases

Monitoring

Logging

Networking

Automation tooling

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal SUSTAIN Engineer in Houston, TX, a hybrid role with on-site days at an HPE office. You will lead automation, AI-enabled troubleshooting, and integration efforts across private cloud and engineered systems to drive proactive, reliable operations.

The ideal candidate brings 7–10 years in software or sustaining engineering, strong cross-team collaboration, and hands-on experience with modern cloud stacks and automation.