HPE
Senior Routing Specialist
$175K–$412K
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in networking architecture, systems engineering, consulting, or related technical roles.
About the job
Serve as a customer-facing technical architect, designing and validating routing and networking solutions and supporting sales engagements, customer workshops, proofs of concept, and technical enablement.
What you'll do
- Design scalable WAN, enterprise edge, and data center interconnect architectures; develop reference architectures and deployment guidance.
- Lead customer technical discussions, workshops, demonstrations, and proofs of concept, translating requirements into solution recommendations.
- Partner with sales, engineering, product, services, and partners to support opportunities, enablement, and customer success.
What they ask for
- Deep hands-on experience with Juniper MX, PTX, and ACX platforms.
- Expert-level knowledge of BGP, MPLS, IS-IS, OSPF, RSVP-TE and Segment Routing concepts, L2VPN/L3VPN, and EVPN services.
- Experience with network automation frameworks and operational tooling, including automating network configuration, validation, and operational workflows.
- Strong customer-facing communication, troubleshooting, and technical leadership skills.
Nice to have
- Relevant industry certifications, such as JNCIP-SP, JNCIE-SP, CCNP/CCIE Service Provider or Enterprise, or MEF Carrier Ethernet certifications.
- Experience with EVPN/VXLAN data center fabrics, network telemetry, or AI infrastructure networking.
Pay
USD 175,000 - 411,500 annual salary; combined base and target-level sales compensation at 100% of sales plan, with a 75%/25% base/target compensation mix.
Tools
Juniper MX, PTX, ACX, BGP, MPLS, Python, REST APIs, Ansible
AI focus
Familiarity with AI infrastructure networking requirements and high-performance data center architectures.
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