Pre-Sales Systems Engineer – HPE Networking
Location
Iowa + 2 moreAll locations: Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$120.5K - $284K / year
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Own the technical strategy for assigned accounts and opportunities.
• Qualify and advance opportunities with your Territory Manager.
• Deliver compelling technical engagements: product presentations, solution demos, whiteboarding, and deep technical Q&A.
• Design and document solutions and proposals that map directly to customer business requirements and desired outcomes.
• Lead proof of concepts and evaluations.
• Win in competitive deal cycles by understanding competitive offerings and positioning HPE differentiators.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with partners, product marketing, and engineering.
• Enable and grow through the channel by building relationships with partners.
• Be present in the community—industry meetups, conferences, and technical events.
• Secure the technical win and build long-term customer trust.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years in a manufacturer or partner Sales Engineer role, or equivalent experience as a Network Engineer/Architect designing, deploying, and operating full-stack enterprise networks.
- Customer-facing excellence: you communicate clearly, present confidently, and translate technical capabilities into business outcomes.
- Consultative selling: you gather the right customer inputs, tailor solutions, and anticipate what will work best for a given environment.
- Operating rhythm: strong organization, ability to multitask, set priorities, and manage multiple high-velocity opportunities simultaneously.
- Travel: ability to travel up to ~50%.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering/related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Preferred certifications: HPE Aruba Networking Professional, JNCIS or higher, comparable certifications from Cisco, Arista Networks, Extreme, etc.
Benefits
- Health & Wellbeing
- Personal & Professional Development
- Unconditional Inclusion
