Senior Routing Specialist

Senior Routing Specialist

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

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 seeking a Senior Routing Specialist to support our office in Chicago, IL.

Position Summary HPE Networking is seeking a highly skilled and customer-focused Technical Solutions Architect (TSA) to serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor to service providers, enterprise customers, and strategic partners. The Technical Solutions Architect will provide deep technical expertise in WAN routing, network infrastructure architecture, optical transport, data center connectivity, and emerging networking technologies. This role will support sales engagements, solution development, customer workshops, proof-of-concepts, and technical enablement activities. The ideal candidate combines strong networking fundamentals with hands‑on architecture and design experience across WAN, enterprise edge, optical transport, data center interconnect, and network automation technologies. The TSA will collaborate closely with Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services, and partner organizations to architect end-to-end solutions aligned with customer business and technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert for HPE Networking routing and infrastructure solutions.
• Design and validate scalable WAN, enterprise edge, and data center interconnect architectures.
• Provide technical leadership during customer briefings, workshops, proof-of-concepts, and strategic design discussions.
• Develop reference architectures, solution designs, deployment guidance, and networking best practices.
• Partner with account teams to understand customer requirements and align technical solutions with business outcomes.
• Support partner and field enablement through technical presentations, demonstrations, workshops, and training.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product Management, Engineering, Professional Services, and Sales to influence product direction and drive customer success.
• Support competitive positioning and technical differentiation of HPE Networking solutions.
• Support large‑scale networking opportunities from initial discovery through technical validation and deployment planning.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear recommendations for both technical and executive audiences.

Required Technical Expertise

WAN Routing & Network Infrastructure Deep hands‑on experience with Juniper MX, PTX, and ACX platforms. Strong understanding of: Service Provider WAN architectures Enterprise WAN and edge routing Carrier Ethernet services Internet peering and transit designs Network resiliency and high‑availability architectures Routing Protocols & Network Services Expert‑level knowledge of: BGP MPLS IS‑IS OSPF RSVP‑TE and Segment Routing concepts L2VPN and L3VPN services EVPN services Optical & Transport Technologies General knowledge and experience supporting: Data Center Interconnect (DCI) DWDM optical transport networks Metro and long‑haul transport architectures Layer1 transport and wavelength services Access Networking Working knowledge of: Passive Optical Networking (PON) Fiber access architectures Broadband access technologies Enterprise access technologies Network Automation & Programmability Experience with network automation frameworks and operational tooling. General knowledge of: Python REST APIs NETCONF/YANG Ansible Git‑based workflows Infrastructure‑as‑Code methodologies Experience automating network configuration, validation, and operational workflows.

Additional Qualifications

Experience with EVPN/VXLAN data center fabric architectures. Understanding of modern data center networking and cloud connectivity models. Experience with network telemetry, observability, and network assurance platforms. Familiarity with AI infrastructure networking requirements and high‑performance data center architectures. Knowledge of security integration technologies, network segmentation, and policy‑based networking. Experience working with service providers, telecommunications organizations, large enterprises, or strategic technology partners.

Professional Qualifications

8+ years of experience in networking architecture, systems engineering, consulting, or related technical roles. Proven ability to engage directly with customer architects, network engineering teams, technical decision‑makers, and executive stakeholders. Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem‑solving skills. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical discussions and influence architectural decisions. Ability to work effectively in a cross‑functional, customer‑facing environment. Strong ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical architectures.

Preferred Certifications

Relevant industry certifications are preferred, including: JNCIP‑SP JNCIE‑SP JNCIP‑ENT CCNP Service Provider CCIE Service Provider CCNP Enterprise CCIE Enterprise MEF Carrier Ethernet certifications. Relevant network automation or cloud networking certifications. Equivalent technical experience and certifications may also be considered.

Opportunity

This role provides an opportunity to shape strategic networking initiatives across HPE Networking customers and partners while helping drive the adoption of next‑generation routing, automation, optical transport, data center, and enterprise networking solutions.

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.

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Salary

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 175,000 - 411,500 in Illinois This 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%.

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