Director, Cloud Architect

Director, Cloud Architect

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

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.

As the Director of Cloud Architecture for CSP Enablement, you will be the primary technical authority responsible for the success of Cloud Service Providers building on HPE's software stack. You will lead the strategy for how CSPs architect, deploy, and operate high-scale Private and Sovereign Clouds using HPE Morpheus (Orchestration), HPE OpsRamp (Observability), and HPE Zerto (Data Protection).

This is a high-impact leadership role that requires a rare blend of "deep-in-the-weeds" technical expertise and you will sit at the intersection of cloud architecture, CSP business models, and product execution, partnering deeply with Engineering, Sales, Alliances, and CSPs.

This position could be based anywhere in the United States.

Primary Responsibilities

• Strategic CSP Roadmap Alignment
• This role owns the technical product strategy that enables CSPs to build, own, and operate scalable, secure, and commercially viable clouds using HPE CloudOps Software virtualization stacks—spanning compute, networking, storage, lifecycle automation, observability, and multi-tenant operations.
• Executive Technical Interface: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for VPs of Engineering and CTOs at CSPs.
• Technical Architecture & Design
• Validated Designs (CVDs): Own the creation and maintenance of HPE Validated Designs specifically for CSP use cases (e.g., "Sovereign Cloud-in-a-Box").
• Reference Architectures: Define how HPE CloudOps software integrates with underlying hardware and third-party stacks e.g. OpenShift
• Thought Leadership & Technical Collateral
• Content Engine: Author high-value technical white papers, reference guides, and deep-dive architectural blogs.
• Speaker & Evangelist: Represent HPE Cloud Ops at major industry events (e.g., Advisory Boards, HPE Discover).
• Technical Enablement & Operations
• Day 0 to Day 2 Success: Define the blueprints for how CSPs not only build their clouds but how they operate them profitably using AIOps and automated lifecycle management
• Sales Engineering Bridge: Act as the "Level 3" support for global field teams on complex, multi-product CSP architectural bids.
• Business Logic & Monetization Strategy
• Service Catalog Definition: Help CSPs define what their "Product Catalog" looks like when powered by HPE (e.g., defining "Backup-as-a-Service" tiers using Zerto).

Experience & Skills

1. Professional Background

• 10+ years in Technical Product Management or Systems Architecture.
• Prior Experience: Must have held a similar role at VMware, Red Hat, Nutanix, or a Hyperscaler (AWS/Azure/GCP) specifically focused on partner/service provider enablement.

2. Deep Technical Stack Expertise

• Virtualization: Deep knowledge of ESXi, KVM, and AHV.
• Cloud Native: Strong command of Kubernetes, OpenShift, and container networking/storage.
• Operations/Observability: Expertise in AIOps, distributed tracing, and multi-cloud monitoring.
• Data Protection: Understanding of RPO/RTO requirements for disaster recovery and cyber-resilience.

3. Leadership & Influence

• Proven ability to lead through influence across a matrixed organization (Engineering, Marketing, and Sales).

Additional Skills:

Cross Domain Knowledge, Customer Engagement, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Go-to-Market Expertise, Partner Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Security-First Mindset, Strategic Pricing, Strategy Creation, User Experience (UX), Value Creation, Vendor Management

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.