Senior Presales, Systems Engineer

Senior Presales, Systems Engineer This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
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* 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.
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* Job Description:

**** Location
* * Candidates must reside near a major U.S. airport on either coast to support customer travel.
** Overview
* * HPE Networking will unleash the power of the combined HPE Aruba Networking and Juniper Networking solutions, delivering a comprehensive portfolio designed to serve a wide range of customer segments.

The Sr. Presales Systems Engineer plays a critical role in driving the success of HPE Networking by enabling the sale and support of advanced networking and security solutions. This role combines deep technical expertise with customer engagement to translate business needs into differentiated technical solutions.

If you are a highly technical, customer-focused systems engineer who thrives in complex networking environments and can translate business challenges into impactful solutions, we’d love to speak with you.
** Key Responsibilities*** ## Lead pre-sales technical engagements, including solution design, architecture, and positioning of networking and security solutions* ## Partner closely with sales teams, customers, and ecosystem partners to align technical strategies with business outcomes* ## Deliver technical presentations, product demonstrations, and proof-of-concept engagements to validate solutions* ## Develop and respond to RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs, building compelling and competitive proposals* ## Build and maintain strong relationships with customer technical stakeholders and decision-makers* ## Provide enablement, training, and technical guidance to partners and customer engineering teams* ## Stay current on industry trends, competitive offerings, and emerging technologies to effectively position solutions##
** Required Qualifications & Experience*** ## Minimum of 10 years of experience in a technical pre-sales role (Sales Engineer / Systems Engineer)* ## Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)## ##
** Juniper & Networking Expertise*** ## Strong hands-on experience with Juniper networking solutions across routing, switching, and/or security domains* ## Deep expertise in enterprise networking, including:  + ## Routing & switching (IGPs, BGP, Layer 2/3 VPNs)  + ## WAN technologies (MPLS, traffic engineering concepts)  + ## Data center networking (EVPN/VXLAN, fabric architectures)  + ## Network security principles and solutions (NGFW, IPSec, DDoS protection, etc.)##

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** Solution Design & Customer Engagement*** ## Proven experience designing and consulting on network architectures, including bill of materials and implementation strategies* ## Experience operating and implementing enterprise-scale campus, branch, and/or data center networks* ## Strong customer-facing experience, including technical presentations, whiteboarding, and executive-level engagement* ## Experience supporting pre-sales cycles…