HPE
Presales Systems Engineer - SASE
$125K–$294K
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Ft. Collins, Colorado, United States of America - Experience
- 4+ years in technical presales, sales engineering, or solution architecture within networking, security, or cloud domains.
About the job
Designs and demonstrates HPE SASE and security solutions for customers, supporting sales teams through technical discovery, architecture, proofs of concept, and pursuit documentation.
What you'll do
- Lead customer discovery and design SASE and Zero Trust architectures across secure SD-WAN, SSE, identity-based access, and firewall technologies.
- Deliver demonstrations, workshops, and proofs of concept; support sales pursuits with RFP/RFI responses and technical documentation.
- Collaborate with account teams, partners, and product groups to advance opportunities and provide field feedback.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience with SASE, SSE, Zero Trust, SD-WAN, or cloud-delivered security architectures.
- Strong understanding of firewalls, IPsec, SSL-VPN, IDS/IPS, traffic inspection, and networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, HTTP/S, BGP, and OSPF.
- Familiarity with identity and access concepts including SSO, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and role-based access control.
- Working knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud); able to deliver demos, whiteboard architectures, and run customer POCs.
Nice to have
- Experience with HPE Aruba Networking technologies or HPE Juniper security technologies.
- Relevant certifications, SMB and commercial presales experience, or familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, or Zero Trust maturity models.
Pay
USD 131,500 - 255,500 (combined base salary and target-level sales compensation) in Colorado; USD 125,000 - 294,000 (combined base salary and target-level sales compensation) in North Carolina
Tools
HPE Aruba Networking SASE, SD-WAN, SSE, ZTNA, SWG, CASB, DEM, AWS
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