Technical Cloud Architect (Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure)

Hobbsnews; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 303,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Technical Cloud Architect for private cloud workloads, focusing on KVM-based virtualization and the surrounding ecosystem. You will engage with large strategic customers, run PoCs, author design guides, and feed product insights back to engineering.

The role is hybrid with 2 days on-site at a Colorado office, and teams collaborate across engineering, product, and sales to drive deployment at scale.

Qualifications

• Hands-on production experience with KVM-based virtualization and the surrounding ecosystem (automation, observability, SDN, HCI storage).
• Deep hands-on experience with VMware, Red Hat, Nutanix, or hyperscalers.

Responsibilities

• Engage with large strategic customers on technical and architectural discussions as an SME for KVM virtualization and related cloud infra.
• Design and execute PoCs to demonstrate value and validate architecture decisions in customer environments.
• Author design guides and reference architectures documenting deployment, scaling, and operations best practices.
• Provide structured product feedback to engineering representing the voice of the customer and helping shape the roadmap.
• Partner with sales, product management, and customer success to support the technical sales cycle from discovery through deployment.

Skills

KVM virtualization

Automation tooling

Observability

Software-Defined Networking

Hyperconverged storage

VMware/Red Hat/Nutanix experience

Technical communication

Proof of concepts

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Technical Cloud Architect (Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure)

Hybrid role with an expectation of 2 days per week on-site at an HPE office.

About the Role

We are looking for a Technical Cloud Architect to serve as a trusted technical advisor to our largest strategic customers. You will bring deep, hands‑on expertise in KVM-based virtualization and the surrounding ecosystem — automation, observability, software‑defined networking (SDN), and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) storage — to help customers design, validate, and adopt modern private cloud architectures powered with HPE CloudOps Software. This is a customer‑facing, high‑impact role that sits at the intersection of pre‑sales engineering, solutions architecture, and product strategy. You'll spend your time in technical whiteboard sessions, hands‑on proof of concepts, and writing design guidance that shapes how customers deploy at scale while also being a direct voice back into our engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Engage with large strategic customers on technical and architectural discussions, acting as a subject‑matter expert on KVM virtualization and adjacent cloud infrastructure technologies.
• Design and execute proof of concepts (PoCs) that demonstrate solution value and validate architecture decisions in customer environments.
• Author design guides and reference architectures that document best practices for deployment, scaling, and operations.
• Provide structured product feedback to engineering, representing the voice of the customer and helping shape the roadmap.
• Partner with sales, product management, and customer success teams to support the technical sales cycle from discovery through deployment.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on production experience with KVM‑based hypervisor platforms and their surrounding ecosystem, including:
  • Automation (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, or similar IaC tooling).
  • Observability (monitoring, logging, and telemetry stacks for virtualized infrastructure).
  • Software‑Defined Networking (SDN).
  • Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) storage.
• Deep hands‑on experience at VMware, Red Hat, Nutanix, or hyperscalers.
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering and executive audiences.
• Experience running customer‑facing proofs of concept and producing technical documentation or design guides.
• Comfort working cross‑functionally with engineering, product, and sales teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid cloud architectures.
• Relevant certifications (RHCA, VCAP/VCDX, Nutanix NCA/NCX, or equivalent).
• Prior experience in a solutions architect, technical field engineer, or customer‑facing pre‑sales role.

Benefits

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.

Compensation

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 160,000 - 303,000 in Colorado // 152,000 - 349,000 in Texas. The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Equal Employment Opportunity

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Veteran/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. HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider qualified applicants with criminal histories.