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Principal Competitive Technical Marketing Engineer

Principal Competitive Technical Marketing Engineer

CompanyHewlett Packard Enterprise
LocationRoseville, CA, USA
Salary$115500 – $266000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelExpert or higher

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field. Hands-on experience building customer networks with a non-technical degree can substitute.
  • 10+ years of experience in Technical Marketing Engineering
  • In-depth understanding of protocols such as MP-BGP, BGP, IS-IS, EVPN, VxLAN, OSPF, Multicast, MPLS, STP, VLANs, IPv4, IPv6, etc.
  • Strong understanding of Data Center technologies such as Data Center Fabric/Spine architecture, EVPN-VXLAN Fabric, Data Center Interconnect (DCI) Border, Secure DCI, Multi-tier network design, IP Fabric, IPv6, storage networking.
  • Excellent communication skills and comfort with public speaking
  • Ability to translate complex technical concepts to understandable language to match the level of the audience.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with technical experts across a range of HPE Aruba Networking products and functional areas, including but not limited to data center and L2/L3 switching protocols (STP, QoS, BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, etc.) and other networking services relevant to data center networking solutions and deployments.
  • Bring up network topologies and solutions of varying complexities and compare other vendors solutions to HPE Aruba Networking in a lab environment.
  • Present competitive sessions at HPE Aruba Networking events and webinars for field, partner, and R&D engineers.
  • Generate technical collateral which includes testing and comparing HPE Aruba Networking with industry vendor solutions, creating competitive analysis reports, third-party testing, sales collateral and assist in development and delivery of competitive updates when required.
  • Help manage and maintain lab equipment and inventory.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Achieved well-recognized industry certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CCIE. HPE ANW Certified Expert
  • In-depth understanding of multiple network operating systems (Cisco, Juniper, Arista etc.)
  • Understanding of Ixia traffic generation tools
  • Lab management experience with console servers, VM infrastructure, storage arrays, server/hypervisor management (Proxmox, MS Hyper-V, KVM, etc.)