Chief Technologist - Network Management and Automation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

37d•Remote

About The Position

Chief Technologist - Network Management and Automation This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: Role Overview: We are seeking a senior network management and automation specialist to lead strategy and execution for HPE’s network management solutions. This role focuses on helping customers manage their HPE Networking deployments using our own management systems, improving interoperability with third-party tools and open-source ecosystems, and implementing automation to perform network management and troubleshooting tasks. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise in networking with strong integration and automation skills to drive consistency and innovation across HPE’s networking portfolio.

Requirements

Domain Expertise: Network Management Systems (Enterprise & Service Provider), FCAPS, multi-vendor environments.
General Networking: TCP/IP, Ethernet switching, routing (OSPF, BGP), MPLS, Wi-Fi, network firewalls
Protocols & Telemetry: SNMPv2c/v3, NetFlow/IPFIX, sFlow, syslog, gNMI, NETCONF/RESTCONF, YANG models, OpenConfig, OpenTelemetry.
Open Source & Integrations: Grafana/Telegraf, Prometheus, ELK/Opensearch stacks, Kafka pipelines, LibreNMS; building plugins/exporters/dashboards.
Automation & Scripting: Python or Go; Ansible/Terraform/Nornir; CI/CD; API design/consumption; Linux; containers/K8s.
Architecture & Data: Data modeling, streaming pipelines, time-series storage, scaling/HA, multi-tenant design.
Security & Compliance: AAA, RBAC, secrets management, cert lifecycle, auditability, policy/compliance.
Communication & Influence: Ability to produce clear, authoritative roadmaps, decision memos, and developer-grade docs; strong cross-BU facilitation.

Nice To Haves

8–12+ years in network management/observability/automation roles (enterprise or telco).
Delivered production-grade integrations with at least two third-party ecosystems (e.g., Grafana/Prometheus, ELK, LibreNMS).
Experience with model-driven telemetry and YANG/OpenConfig implementations.
Experience with AI technologies such as agentic AI and MCP
Cloud Architectures
Cross Domain Knowledge
Design Thinking
Development Fundamentals
DevOps
Distributed Computing
Microservices Fluency
Full Stack Development
Security-First Mindset
User Experience (UX)

Responsibilities

Develop Network Management Strategy Create an inventory of current network management products and modules, becoming familiar with their capabilities
Identify customer segments, coverage areas, and gaps in functionality.
Assess opportunities for NMS consolidation and develop a strategic blueprint.
Define actionable workstreams for tool sunset, merge, or migration.
Third-Party Integration Enablement Analyze how customers manage HPE networks using third-party tools.
Improve interoperability through contributions to open-source projects, configuration guides, and plugins (e.g., Grafana/Telegraf pipelines, LibreNMS playbooks).
Lead product improvements for better integration with third-party tools.
Publish integration guides and reference dashboards for popular ecosystems.
Automation and AIOps Expertise Become the cross-product subject matter expert on deploying automation for network management, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Experiment with AI technologies including foundational models, AI agents, MCP, and similar technologies.
Develop a strategy around how the business unit should make use of these technologies.

Benefits

Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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