Senior Network Sales Engineer - AT&T

Senior Network Sales Engineer - AT&TThis role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE partner/customer 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:We are looking for a Senior Network Sales Engineer to join our Service Provider Pre-Sales Engineering team supporting a Tier 1 Service Provider customer. This is a remote opportunity, with a preference for candidates located in Texas, New Jersey, or Virginia. This is a highly visible, customer-facing role for an experienced technical leader who thrives at the intersection of networking, architecture, and strategic pre-sales. Working closely with account managers, product management, engineering, and customer technical teams, you will drive complex networking opportunities, provide trusted technical guidance, and help customers solve business challenges through innovative networking, automation, security, and data center solutions. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in service provider networking, outstanding communication skills, and the ability to build lasting relationships while influencing technical and executive stakeholders throughout the sales cycle. Responsibilities:  Drive technical consulting activities in both new and existing opportunities, acting as a trusted adviser to the account team and customer across a wide range of routing, automation, and cross-segment technologies in cooperation with other domain architects.Build and maintain close relationships with account management teams and cooperative functions such as Product Line Management and Engineering. Support customers with understanding requirements, providing guidance in solution design, delivering technical deep-dive presentations and demonstrations, contributing to Proof-of-Concept tests, and assisting with RFP responses. Become a go-to person and trusted advisor for the customer and sales team on our product portfolio, automation solutions, wider industry trends, and competitive landscape in your area of focus.Make and communicate relevant connections between proposed technical solutions and customers' business requirements, up to and including executive-level decision-makers. Education and Experience: 8+ years of relevant experience in networking, with a proven track record in a customer-facing pre-sales role selling networking equipment, or equivalent end-user experience in design, architecture, or vendor selection.Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field, or significant equivalent experience in networking technical and pre-sales roles.Exceptional hands-on skills and the ability to support complex proof-of-concept tests involving new products and emerging technologies. Outstanding communication skills — written, verbal, and presentation — with the ability to engage audiences from deeply technical to executive level. Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in virtual, multinational teams with little supervision and diverse stakeholder demands. Credible technical interaction with Enterprise and Service Provider engineering teams on service provider domain topics at a detailed technical level. Comfortable with travel to visit customers, partners, and account teams (typically 40–50% of working time). Knowledge and Skills: Hands-on knowledge of routing protocols including BGP, ISIS, OSPF, Multicast, L2/L3 VPNs, BNG, and Carrier Ethernet, as well as tunneling technologies such as MPLS, RSVP, SR-TE, and SRv6. Strong knowledge of routing in access, metro, and core backbone design, including large-scale MPLS-enabled services such as Multicast-VPN, L3VPN, L2VPN, and EVPN. Strong knowledge of mobile wireless architecture, virtualization technologies, and data center networking. Outstanding knowledge of network management, service provisioning, automation, monitoring, and telemetry interfaces — including Netconf/REST APIs, YANG, OpenConfig, and gRPC — and how these apply to modern WAN architectures especially in service providers . Experience with solutions such as Paragon, MIST, Apstra, or equivalent competitive products is an advantage. Extensive knowledge of containers and container-related technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, as well as familiarity with Linux operating systems. Automation and programming skills (e.g. Python, Ansible). General knowledge of emerging protocols and technologies being shaped in standards bodies. General knowledge of high-performance security solutions for network infrastructure, cloud, and mobility. Familiarity with merchant silicon technologies (Trident, Tomahawk, Jericho, etc.). Understanding of products across relevant categories, including MX/PTX Series or equivalent core routers, SRX or equivalent security platforms, QFX/Nexus/Arista or equivalent switching platforms. Professional-level industry certification desired. What We Can Offer You:Health & WellbeingWe 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 DevelopmentWe 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 InclusionWe 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.Let's Stay Connected:Follow @HPECareers on Instagram to see the latest on people, culture and tech at HPE. #unitedstates#networking, #salesJob:SalesJob 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 146,000 - 343,000 in Georgia & New Jersey & TexasThis range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 75%/25%."Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/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. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.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 for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.Recruitment Fraud AlertWe have become aware of an increase in fraudulent recruitment activities in which individuals impersonate our company or authorized recruitment agencies to offer fake employment opportunities. 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If you suspect recruitment fraud, do not share personal information or make any payments and report the incident to your local authorities immediately.SummaryLocation: All, New Jersey, United States of America; All, Georgia, United States of America; All, Texas, United States of AmericaType: Full time