SLED Sales Engineer Central Texas

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Austin, TX

1d • $175,000 - $411,500 • Remote

About The Position

The HPE Networking Principal Sales Engineer is a principal-level technical sales leader and trusted advisor for State, Local Government, and Education (SLED) customers. This role helps customers modernize and transform their IT infrastructure through expertise in enterprise networking, wireless, security, cloud-managed networking, automation, and AI-enabled network operations. As a senior technical leader within the sales organization, the Principal Sales Engineer partners with account teams, business leaders, channel partners, systems integrators, and customer executives to develop technology strategies, architect complex solutions, and drive successful business outcomes. The role leads strategic and complex opportunities, influences customer technology direction, provides regional technical leadership, and mentors fellow sales engineers while contributing to revenue growth, customer success, and overall business objectives.

Requirements

• Must Be in Greater Austin, TX Area
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant experience in enterprise networking, solution architecture, and technical presales.
• Strong expertise in LAN, WLAN, routing, switching, network security, and network management technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical sales opportunities involving multiple stakeholders, technologies, and solution domains.
• Experience engaging customer executives and presenting technical strategies, architectures, and business value to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Strong presentation, communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and consultative selling skills.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple strategic opportunities and leading technical account strategy.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with account teams, partners, delivery organizations, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to connect technology solutions to customer business outcomes and organizational priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Must Be in Greater Austin, TX Area
• Experience supporting State, Local Government, and Education (SLED) customers.
• Expert-level knowledge of HPE Aruba Networking, Juniper Networks, or comparable enterprise networking solutions.
• Experience with SD-WAN, cloud networking, network automation, data center networking, AI-enabled network operations, Zero Trust security, or cloud-managed networking.
• Relevant advanced certifications, such as CCIE, JNCIE, CWNE, CISSP, or comparable credentials.
• Familiarity with public-sector procurement processes, funding models, contract vehicles, and regulatory or compliance considerations.
• Demonstrated leadership through mentoring, cross-functional initiatives, customer thought leadership, or development of technical best practices.
• Experience leading customer workshops, technical communities, advisory boards, or industry engagements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor for a portfolio of SLED accounts, including state agencies, local government organizations, colleges, and universities.
• Lead discovery sessions, executive briefings, workshops, technical strategy discussions, and solution planning engagements with customer stakeholders.
• Design, architect, and position HPE Networking solutions across wired and wireless networking, network security, network management, data center networking, cloud-managed networking, and cloud-native platforms.
• Develop and present solution architectures, proof-of-concepts, demonstrations, technical proposals, and business value presentations aligned with customer requirements.
• Support account managers throughout the sales cycle, from opportunity qualification and technical discovery through solution development, executive presentations, and implementation planning.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with CIOs, CTOs, chief information security officers, network architects, security leaders, and IT operations teams.
• Translate customer business and technology challenges into practical solutions that deliver measurable outcomes, operational improvements, and return on investment.
• Lead technical strategy for complex, multi-stakeholder opportunities involving multiple solution domains and business units.
• Collaborate with channel partners, systems integrators, professional services organizations, and internal teams to develop and deliver comprehensive customer solutions.
• Lead competitive positioning efforts and clearly articulate the value of HPE Networking solutions compared with alternative market offerings.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and technical leadership to sales engineering peers.
• Develop and share reusable architectures, demonstrations, technical content, and best practices across the organization.
• Maintain current knowledge of enterprise networking trends, emerging technologies, public-sector procurement processes, funding cycles, contract vehicles, and compliance considerations relevant to SLED customers.
• Participate in customer events, conferences, advisory boards, industry associations, and other activities that strengthen HPE’s presence in the SLED market.
• Contribute to revenue growth, pipeline development, customer adoption, and customer satisfaction objectives.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development: 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: Unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal