US Telco Senior Systems Engineering Director

US Telco Senior Systems Engineering Director

  

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

Job Description:

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking an experienced and inspiring Senior Director of Systems Engineering to lead our US Telcos Sales Engineering organization across secure service provider routing, campus & branch, and data center networking domains. This role is ideal for a technical leader who thrives in fast‑moving environments, builds exceptional teams, and helps customers modernize their networks through AI‑driven operations, automation, and edge‑to‑cloud architectures.

You will guide strategy, grow top technical talent, and work directly with US Tier-1 Telcos. This is a high‑impact, visible leadership role at the center of HPE’s Networking transformation. This role reports to the Global Leader of Service Provider Systems Engineers.
 

What You’ll Do

Lead Technology Strategy

• Own the end-to-end networking technology strategy for US Telcos.
• Define and execute the customer technology strategy across AI Grid, campus networking, data center fabrics, and routing architectures.
• Drive customer adoption of modern designs including AI‑driven wired/wireless, EVPN/VXLAN, unified cloud management, and massively scaled routing.
• Partner closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering to influence roadmaps and deliver innovative end‑to‑end solutions.

Develop and Grow a High‑Performing Team

• Lead a talented Systems Engineering organization with deep expertise across networking domains.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and continuous technical growth.
• Model HPE Bold Goals leadership behaviors—Think Big, Win as a Team, Act with Urgency, and Innovate & Transform.

Engage with Strategic Customers

• Build senior-level relationship and act as a senior technology leader for Tier-1 service providers in the US.
• Drive a Customer First approach focused on modernization, simplification, security, and operational outcomes.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customer executives, architects, and partners.

Drive Operational Excellence

• Improve SE productivity, coverage, and technical program consistency across the Area.
• Align resources to high‑value opportunities and ensure predictable, high‑quality execution.
• Support HPE’s Operate Efficiently goals by simplifying processes and scaling best practices.

What You Bring

• 10+ years’ experience in SE leadership with a track record of people development and team building
• Proven leadership experience in Systems Engineering leading a large, complex account.
• Deep expertise in service provider networking (MPLS, Segment Routing, BGP, IS-IS, etc.), data center networking (EVPN/VXLAN, leaf‑spine), and campus & branch networking.
• Demonstrated ability to build and inspire high‑performing technical teams.
• Strong communication, executive presence, and strategic thinking.
• Experience guiding customers through large-scale network transformations.
• Demonstrated profound understanding of technology dynamics within area of control, as a basis for informed business decision making.
• Experience in workforce planning, executing acquisition and development strategies targeted to ensuring workforce readiness, and market opportunity responsiveness.
• University or Bachelor's degree, advanced university or Master's degree preferred.

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Assertiveness, Bias, Building Rapport, Buyer Personas, Coaching, Complex Sales, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Interactions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 6 more}

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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Job:

Sales

Job Level:

Director

    

"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 257,500 - 624,000 in New Jersey & North Carolina & Texas & Virginia & Washington
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%."

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

   

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.

   

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