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:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking an experienced and inspiring Director of Systems Engineering to lead our West Coast Systems Engineering organization across campus, data center, and routing 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 some of the most influential customers and partners on the West Coast. This is a high‑impact, visible leadership role at the center of HPE’s Networking transformation.
What You’ll Do
Lead Technical Strategy
Define and execute the SE strategy across 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 scalable 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
Act as a senior technical leader for major enterprise, cloud-edge, and large‑scale customers across the West Coast.
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 region.
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
Proven leadership experience in Systems Engineering or technical architecture roles.
Deep expertise in campus networking, data center networking (EVPN/VXLAN, leaf‑spine), and enterprise routing/SD‑WAN.
Ability to build and inspire high‑performing technical teams.
Strong communication, executive presence, and strategic thinking.
Experience guiding customers through large-scale network transformations.
Formal education is valued, but real‑world experience, leadership impact, and technical depth matter most.
Why HPE Networking
At HPE, you’ll join an organization transforming how networks are built, operated, and secured. We’re unifying campus, branch, data center, and cloud networking with AI‑driven automation and edge‑to‑cloud visibility—helping customers move faster and operate smarter.
You’ll have the opportunity to shape strategy, influence products, lead amazing talent, and impact some of the world’s most innovative customers.
Additional Skills:
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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DirectorThe 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 269,000 - 573,000 in California // 236,500 - 573,000 in Oregon & Texas & 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%. 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.
Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html
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