Sr. Network Engineer - Juniper Operating Systems (Houston, TX or Westford, MA)

HPE Aruba Networking; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

HPE Aruba Networking is seeking a senior Network Engineer to lead identification and advocacy for serviceability and supportability improvements across HPE Networking and HPE Juniper Networking portfolios. The role requires deep hands-on experience with Juniper platforms and the breadth to expand into Aruba platforms as the role matures.

The ideal candidate will translate field pain points into actionable product requirements, work with PM/Engineering to embed diagnostics and observability, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Networking, or a related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in advanced networking engineering, escalation engineering, product supportability, technical support, or related role.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of enterprise and service provider networking technologies, including routing, switching, cloud NMS, telemetry, diagnostics, and operational troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for identifying and prioritizing the most impactful serviceability and supportability gaps affecting customer experience, support efficiency, and product quality.
• Analyze product and customer experience signals across transactional support case surveys, Voice of the Customer comments, support cases, escalations, product usage trends, and post-mortem findings to identify systemic issues and improvement opportunities.
• Translate top support case drivers, escalation patterns, TAC pain points, and customer feedback into concrete enhancement requests for Product Management and Engineering.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to ensure supportability becomes a core design consideration in future releases, including diagnostics, logging, observability, troubleshooting workflows, recovery mechanisms, operational tooling, and support readiness.
• Lead structured forums with Support, Product Management, Engineering, and NPI Program Managers to review, refine, and prioritize serviceability enhancement requests.
• Drive closed-loop action planning by connecting Voice of the Customer insights to product backlog decisions, release priorities, and support process improvements.
• Influence roadmap direction with a focus on reducing avoidable support cases, improving time-to-resolution, enabling self-driving network experiences, and increasing product reliability and operational simplicity.
• Develop executive-ready narratives and readouts that connect technical serviceability gaps and Voice of the Customer trends to business impact, customer outcomes, and Product Management priorities.
• Act as the customer and support advocate in cross-functional planning discussions, ensuring the voice of Technical Support engineers and customers is represented in product decisions.
• Help define the frameworks, metrics, and operating rhythms used to track serviceability requests, supportability improvements, Voice of the Customer themes, and resulting business outcomes.

Skills

Juniper networking

Networking troubleshooting

HPE/Aruba networking

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Apstra

Mist

Jira

Confluence

Job description

This role has been designed as ’’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

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

HPE is looking to bring on a senior Network Engineer who is highly technical, customer-obsessed and Juniper networking expert to lead the identification, prioritization, and advocacy of product serviceability and supportability improvements across HPE Networking and HPE Juniper Networking portfolios.

This role sits at the intersection of Serviceability, Technical Support, Voice of the Customer, NPI, Product Management, and Engineering. This person will be accountable for turning field pain points to support case trends, escalations, and customer feedback into actionable product requirements, serviceability enhancements, and measurable customer experience improvements.

This is a senior technical contributor role for a leader who can credibly assess architecture, troubleshoot ability, diagnosability, operational workflows, and product readiness across complex networking domains including routing, switching, cloud-managed networking, SD-WAN, security-adjacent workflows, and AI-driven support experiences.

The ideal candidate brings deep hands‑on experience with HPE Juniper Networking platforms such as ACX Series Routers, EX Series, MX Series, PTX Series, QFX Series, SASE/SSE, SRX Firewalls, SSR Series, network management systems (Apstra/Mist), and Wireless with the technical breadth to expand into Aruba platforms as the role matures.

Location:

This person will work out of our Houston, TX or Westford, MA office on a hybrid schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for identifying and prioritizing the most impactful serviceability and supportability gaps affecting customer experience, support efficiency, and product quality.
• Analyze product and customer experience signals across transactional support case surveys, Voice of the Customer comments, support cases, escalations, product usage trends, and post-mortem findings to identify systemic issues and improvement opportunities.
• Translate top support case drivers, escalation patterns, TAC pain points, and customer feedback into concrete enhancement requests for Product Management and Engineering.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to ensure supportability becomes a core design consideration in future releases, including diagnostics, logging, observability, troubleshooting workflows, recovery mechanisms, operational tooling, and support readiness.
• Lead structured forums with Support, Product Management, Engineering, and NPI Program Managers to review, refine, and prioritize serviceability enhancement requests.
• Drive closed-loop action planning by connecting Voice of the Customer insights to product backlog decisions, release priorities, and support process improvements.
• Influence roadmap direction with a focus on reducing avoidable support cases, improving time-to-resolution, enabling self-driving network experiences, and increasing product reliability and operational simplicity.
• Develop executive-ready narratives and readouts that connect technical serviceability gaps and Voice of the Customer trends to business impact, customer outcomes, and Product Management priorities.
• Act as the customer and support advocate in cross-functional planning discussions, ensuring the voice of Technical Support engineers and customers is represented in product decisions.
• Help define the frameworks, metrics, and operating rhythms used to track serviceability requests, supportability improvements, Voice of the Customer themes, and resulting business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• This role will initially focus on HPE Juniper Networking technologies and adjacent customer experiences, including:
• ACX Series Routers
• EX Series
• MX Series
• PTX Series
• QFX Series
• SASE/SSE
• Session Smart Router / SD-WAN
• Software/NMS (Apstra, Junos, Junos EVO, Mist)
• SRX Firewalls
• Over time, the role is expected to expand across broader HPE Networking portfolios, including HPE Aruba Networking platforms and cloud-managed experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Networking, or a related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in advanced networking engineering, escalation engineering, product supportability, technical support, or a related technical customer experience role.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of enterprise and service provider networking technologies, including routing, switching, cloud NMS, telemetry, diagnostics, and operational troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience with Juniper technologies such as AIOps, Data center, Security, Switching, and Wireless.
• Strong ability to interpret support case data, defect patterns, escalation themes, and customer feedback to identify systemic technical issues.
• Proven ability to influence Product Management and Engineering decisions using technical credibility, data-driven evidence, and business/customer impact.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical discussions involving Support, NPI, Product Management, and Engineering organizations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate deep technical issues into concise executive-level insights and recommendations.
• Strong analytical capability with experience using dashboards, trend analysis, and structured problem-solving to drive prioritization and action.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with HPE Juniper Networking technologies and cloud-managed networking platforms.
• Experience shaping serviceability requirements for new products or major releases.
• Familiarity with Voice of the Customer/ customer listening programs, survey analysis, text analytics, or closed-loop customer feedback models.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, case management systems, telemetry platforms, and BI / reporting tools.
• Background in building or influencing AI-assisted troubleshooting, self-service diagnostics, or self-driving support workflows.

What We Can Offer You

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Job

Engineering

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 120,000 - 228,000 in Massachusetts // 105,500 - 243,000 in Texas

The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

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