HPE
Presales, Systems Engineer - SLED
$120K–$284K
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America +2 · Full-time · Posted Aug 23, 2026
- Location
- Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Spring, Texas, United States of America
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America - Experience
- 5+ years in pre-sales, sales engineering, or a customer-facing technical role.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Serves as a technical advisor to SLED customers and sales teams, designing and presenting HPE Networking solutions throughout the sales cycle.
What you'll do
- Partner with account managers to qualify opportunities, develop account strategy, and drive technical wins.
- Lead customer discovery and technical assessments; design end-to-end networking solutions.
- Deliver demonstrations and presentations, and support proposals, RFP/RFI responses, and solution documentation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in pre-sales, sales engineering, or a customer-facing technical role.
- Strong foundation in networking technologies, including campus, wireless, routing, and WAN; exposure to SD-WAN, SASE, or Zero Trust.
- Hands-on experience with solution design and architecture.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Aruba ACA / ACP, Juniper JNCIA, Cisco CCNA, Fortinet FCA/FCP, or CWNA certifications.
Pay
USD 127,000 - 247,000 (combined base and target-level sales compensation) in Colorado; USD 120,500 - 284,000 (combined base and target-level sales compensation) in North Carolina & Texas
Tools
HPE Networking, Juniper, Aruba, SD-WAN, SASE, Zero Trust, AI-Ops, NaaS
AI focus
Stay current on AI-Ops and AI-driven networking trends.
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