Drimva

HPE

Field PLM Principal Architect

$203K–$420K

All, New York, United States of America · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026

Experience
Extensive experience required; no number of years stated.

About the job

Provides senior technical architecture and pre-sales leadership for complex HPE Campus & Branch opportunities, customer escalations, and field enablement.

What you'll do

  • Lead technical discovery, architecture design, proofs of concept, migration planning, and customer design reviews for strategic opportunities.
  • Design and validate complex Campus & Branch solutions; address technical risks, escalations, and customer satisfaction issues.
  • Mentor Field PLMs and Systems Engineers, develop reusable architecture guidance, and channel field feedback to Product Management and Engineering.

What they ask for

  • Extensive enterprise networking architecture and pre-sales experience with demonstrated success in complex customer environments.
  • Expert-level knowledge of campus wired and wireless networking, switching and routing architectures, and enterprise network design.
  • Deep understanding of EVPN/VXLAN and modern campus fabric architectures.
  • Strong knowledge of identity/NAC, segmentation, branch/WAN, and AI-driven network operations.

Nice to have

  • Relevant advanced networking, wireless, or security certifications.

Pay

USD 203,000 - 420,000 (combined base and target-level sales compensation at 100% of sales plan; 75% base salary and 25% target-level sales compensation)

Tools

Mist Wireless Assurance, Wired Assurance, EX/CX switching, Campus Fabric / EVPN-VXLAN, Access Assurance/NAC, branch/WAN, Marvis, APIs

AI focus

Evangelizes HPE AI-Driven, Self-Driving solutions and works with AI-driven network operations.

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First seen Oct 20, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)