Principle Technical Marketing Engineer- Switching

Role Overview

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Lead the Technical Marketing Engineering Switching team at HPE Networking to shape the future of self-driving networks. Transform complex technologies into clear, compelling value propositions that accelerate adoption and deliver measurable business outcomes.

What You Will Do

Strategic and technical Leadership: Architect and execute global technical marketing strategies for self-driving networks, accelerating product adoption and scaling business growth through innovative go-to-market (GTM) initiatives. High-Impact Technical Storytelling: Synthesize complex autonomous networking concepts into compelling messaging, demos, and enablement content that bridges the gap between technical rigor and executive business value.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Must-Have Qualifications: Expert technical mastery of full-stack ecosystems, with a proven track record of engineering complex, resilient switching fabrics that power the modern enterprise. Full-Stack customer deployment obsession, deeply passionate expertise in the entire networking stack, with mastery of AOS-CX, EX, and QFX platforms will be plus.

Requirements

• Expert technical mastery of full-stack ecosystems, with a proven track record of engineering complex, resilient switching fabrics that power the modern enterprise.
• Full-Stack customer deployment obsession, deeply passionate expertise in the entire networking stack, with mastery of AOS-CX, EX, and QFX platforms will be plus.
• Advanced proficiency in MP-BGP EVPN‐VXLAN fabric architectures along with all networking stack protocols – IETF, IEEE recognition will be plus.
• Advanced proficiency in PTP, AVB, and SYNC-E, particularly within high-stakes broadcast or synchronized network deployments will be plus.
• Deep understanding of Network Access Control (NAC/802.1X), MAC authentication, and the implementation of IPsec, NAT, and Next-Gen Firewalls (IDS/IPS/DDoS).
• Proven hands-on experience with advanced telemetry protocols, including IPFIX, gNMI, and gRPC, to drive network visibility.
• Expert-level scripting skills (Python, YAML) and automation framework experience (Ansible) for API integration and operational scaling.
• Significant end to end network automation experience will be plus.
• Mist hands-on experience will be plus.
• Experience in Campus & Branch (C&B), SASE, and Data Center environments will be plus.
• Data Security expertise (not network security) will be plus.
• Juniper expert‐level certifications (JNCIE or equivalent) are a strong plus.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing
• Personal & Professional Development
• Unconditional Inclusion

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