HPE
Field PLM Principal Architect
$203K–$420K
All, California, United States of America · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
About the job
Provides senior architecture and technical leadership for strategic HPE Campus & Branch opportunities, customer success issues, and field enablement.
What you'll do
- Lead technical discovery, architecture design, proofs of concept, migrations, and validation for complex customer opportunities.
- Resolve critical customer escalations through architecture reviews, technical coordination, and remediation planning.
- Mentor field teams and develop reusable architectures, training, and product feedback.
What they ask for
- Extensive enterprise networking architecture and pre-sales experience with demonstrated success in complex customer environments.
- Expert-level campus wired and wireless networking, switching and routing architectures, and enterprise network design; deep EVPN/VXLAN and modern campus fabric knowledge.
- Strong knowledge of identity/NAC, segmentation, branch/WAN, and AI-driven network operations.
- Ability to lead complex customer-facing technical engagements and communicate effectively across senior technical and cross-functional teams.
Nice to have
- Relevant advanced networking, wireless, or security certifications.
Pay
USD 203,000 - 420,000 combined base and target-level sales compensation (75%/25% mix), if performing at 100% of sales plan; California annual salary range
Tools
HPE Mist, Mist Wireless Assurance, Wired Assurance, EX/CX switching, Campus Fabric / EVPN-VXLAN, Access Assurance/NAC, Marvis, APIs
AI focus
Evangelize HPE’s AI-Driven, Self-Driving solutions; expertise includes AI-driven network operations.
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