HPE Networking Federal Presales, System Engineer – TS/SCI Clearance Required at Time of HIre

Responsibilities: Provide pre-sales technical leadership for Federal / National Security customers Design and position secure networking solutions across campus, WAN, data center, and mission-critical environments Lead customer presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and proofs of concept engagements Partner with Account Managers to qualify opportunities and drive technical strategy through closure Build trusted advisor relationships with customer stakeholders in highly secure environments Translate customer requirements into scalable HPE Networking solutions Collaborate with internal engineering, services, channel, and sales teams to deliver winning solutions Maintain strong competitive knowledge of networking vendors and market trends Support account planning, pipeline development, and long-term territory growth Travel to customer locations as business needs require

Key requirements: 5+ years of pre-sales, systems engineering, or networking experience 3+ years federal/DoD/IC or classified customer experience required Active TS/SCI clearance at time of hire; CI Poly preferred U.S. Citizenship required Ability to travel up to 25% Expertise in routing, switching, security, and data center networking Strong understanding of enterprise, WAN, data center, and service provider networking architectures Networking protocols: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, EVPN/VXLAN, Segment Routing, multicast Experience designing, positioning, troubleshooting Layer 2/3 networking in complex environments Ability to discuss design, resiliency, scalability, segmentation, and security with technical and executive audiences Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills Knowledge of HPE, Juniper, Cisco, or comparable technologies Self-starter able to ramp quickly and work independently Experience across campus, branch, data center, WAN, cloud connectivity, and mission-critical environments Serve as a technical advisor on advanced networking architectures and technologies strong communication and presentation skills relationship-building in secure environments self-starting and independent work style routing and switching data center networking BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, EVPN/VXLAN, Segment Routing