Presales Systems Engineer III
United States of America
Full Time
1 day ago
$120,000 - $284,000 USD
No H1B
Key skills
RoutingSwitchingWireless networkingNetwork securityData center networkingHPE Networking technologiesAruba technologiesJuniper technologiesCisco technologiesFederal/National Security networkingTS/SCI clearanceCustomer-facing communicationExecutive presentationLeadershipCommunicationPresentation SkillsSales
About this role
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a global edge-to-cloud company that helps businesses connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data. The Presales Systems Engineer III role involves providing technical leadership for Federal and National Security customers, designing secure networking solutions, and collaborating with various teams to deliver effective solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Provide pre-sales technical leadership for strategic Federal / National Security customers
- Design and position secure networking solutions across campus, WAN, data center, and mission-critical environments
- Lead customer presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and proof of concept engagements
- Partner with Account Managers to qualify opportunities and drive technical strategy through closure
- Build trusted advisor relationships with customer stakeholders in highly secure environments
- Translate customer requirements into scalable HPE Networking solutions
- Collaborate with internal engineering, services, channel, and sales teams to deliver winning solutions
- Maintain strong competitive knowledge of networking vendors and market trends
- Support account planning, pipeline development, and long-term territory growth
- Travel to customer locations as business needs require
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience considered
- 5+ years of pre-sales, systems engineering, or networking experience
- Prior Federal, DoD, IC, or classified customer experience required
- Candidate must possess active TS/SCI clearance; CI Poly preferred
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Ability to travel approximately 10–25%
- Expertise in routing, switching, wireless, security, and data center networking
- Strong customer-facing communication and executive presentation skills
- Ability to explain complex technologies in simple business terms
- Proven success operating in relationship-driven customer environments
- Knowledge of HPE, Aruba, Juniper, Cisco, or comparable technologies
- Self-starter able to ramp quickly and work independently