Senior Distinguished Technologist

Senior Distinguished Technologist This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week 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 Storage is at the forefront of developing foundational technologies that power modern data infrastructure. We are seeking a highly accomplished technologist to help drive innovation across core platform capabilities that serve as the building blocks for future storage solutions. This role will shape technologies spanning scale‑out storage, object storage, storage virtualization, NVMe/NVMe‑oF, hypervisor‑based infrastructure, and low‑level systems software that serve as building blocks for future HPE Storage solutions. Working alongside industry‑leading engineers, architects, and technologists, you’ll influence long‑term innovation, solve complex technical challenges, and help deliver the platforms that power the future of HPE’s Storage portfolio. Responsibilities Drive technology strategy, architecture, and roadmap development for foundational storage platform technologies that enable multiple products and solutions across the HPE Storage portfolio. Define and influence system architectures spanning embedded software, platform services, hardware abstraction, data path functionality, and storage infrastructure technologies. Lead technical innovation across complex hardware and software ecosystems, identifying opportunities to unify capabilities and accelerate adoption of new technologies across product lines. Partner with senior engineering leaders, architects, and fellows to solve highly complex system‑level challenges involving storage, networking, virtualization, and distributed infrastructure platforms. Influence long‑term architectural direction and technology investments across HPE Storage while aligning technical outcomes with strategic business objectives. Serve as a technical authority both internally and externally, representing HPE in industry forums, technology partnerships, and standards‑related engagements. Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, driving innovation that creates competitive differentiation and broad business impact. Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders, fostering technical excellence and strengthening HPE's engineering leadership community. Knowledge and Skills Deep expertise in enterprise storage systems, infrastructure platforms, embedded systems architecture, or closely related domains. Extensive experience designing and architecting software systems that interact closely with hardware, including platform abstraction layers, data path technologies, and system infrastructure services. Deep systems software expertise across Linux, hypervisors, storage protocols, user‑space storage stacks, kernel/platform code, and low‑level hardware/software integration. Deep experience with modern storage and connectivity technologies such as NVMe, PCI Express (PCIe), Ethernet, Fibre Channel, storage virtualization, media virtualization, or related technologies. Proven ability to architect solutions that span hardware, firmware, operating systems, and software stacks. Demonstrated success driving cross‑organizational technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions across multiple business units and product teams. Recognized technical authority with a track record of innovation, patents, publications, industry participation, or development of broadly deployed solutions. Understanding of industry standards and technology ecosystems relevant to enterprise infrastructure, storage, networking, or systems architecture. Outstanding systems‑thinking, analytical, and problem‑solving capabilities with the ability to translate complex technical challenges into scalable platform solutions. Exceptional communication and influencing skills with demonstrated success engaging senior executives, distinguished engineers, industry partners, and customers. Experience spanning hardware and software architecture with the ability to design solutions across the full technology stack, from embedded platforms and operating systems through higher‑level software services and infrastructure capabilities. Hands‑on experience with systems programming languages such as C, C++, Rust, Python, Go, etc with the ability to prototype, evaluate, and guide implementation of complex storage and infrastructure software. What We Can Offer You 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. Salary United States of America: Annual Salary USD 204,000 - 434,000 in California. The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered. Benefits Information Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at EEO Statement 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. 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. Additional EEO Notice Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran / Individual with Disabilities. #J-18808-Ljbffr Hobbsnews