HPE
Principal Network Sales Engineer – Service Provider
$175K–$412K
All, New Jersey, United States of America +2 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Location
- All, New Jersey, United States of America
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America - Experience
- 12+ years; customer-facing pre-sales selling networking equipment, or equivalent end-user experience in design, architecture, or vendor selection.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical discipline required.
About the job
Leads customer-facing pre-sales engineering for a Tier 1 service provider, shaping network solutions and advancing complex sales opportunities through technical guidance, demonstrations, and proofs of concept.
What you'll do
- Advise customers and account teams on routing, automation, and cross-segment network solutions, connecting technical designs to business needs.
- Present and demonstrate solutions, support proofs of concept, and contribute to RFP responses.
- Build relationships with account, product, engineering, and customer stakeholders; represent the company at industry events.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of relevant networking experience, including customer-facing pre-sales selling networking equipment, or equivalent end-user experience in design, architecture, or vendor selection.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical discipline.
- Expert hands-on knowledge of service provider routing protocols, VPNs, and tunneling technologies.
- Strong knowledge of network automation and management interfaces, and experience with automation/programming skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with Paragon, MIST, Apstra, or equivalent competitive products.
- Professional-level industry certification.
Pay
USD 175,000 - 411,500 combined base salary and target-level sales compensation (total pay)
Tools
BGP, ISIS, OSPF, MPLS, SRv6, Netconf/REST APIs, YANG, OpenConfig
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