Hpe
Pre-Sales Engineer, Cybersecurity
All, Washington, United States of America
Sponsorship not specified$53k-$800kDetected 8 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsOAuthCybersecurityNetwork SecurityComplianceSalesProcurementTCP/IPDNSFirewallVPNBGP/OSPFSD-WANZero TrustHIPAAPublic HealthCommunicationCISSP
About the role
- Pre-Sales Engineer, Cybersecurity This role has been designated as 'Remote/Teleworker', which means you will primarily work from home.
- We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here.
- We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical discovery sessions to understand agency missions, district IT environments, compliance mandates, and security requirements unique to SLED organizations.
- Design scalable, vendor-agnostic secure networking architectures incorporating SD-WAN, SSE, identity-based access, and next-generation firewall technologies.
- Support sales pursuits by responding to RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires - including those structured around SLED procurement vehicles and compliance frameworks - with clear, technically accurate documentation and architecture diagrams.
- Collaborate with account managers, channel partners, state and local resellers, and professional services teams to drive successful deal outcomes.
- Any reliance on fraudulent communication is at the individual's own risk, and HPE disclaims legal liability for any resulting damages.
- We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in technical presales, sales engineering, or solution architecture within networking, security, or cloud domains - ideally with SLED or public sector exposure.
- Hands-on experience with SASE, Zero Trust, SD-WAN, and cloud-delivered security architectures.
- Strong understanding of security technologies including firewalls, IPsec, SSL-VPN, IDS/IPS, and traffic inspection.
- Familiarity with identity and access management concepts including SSO, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and role-based access control.
- Working knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud).
Nice to have
- Certifications such as CISSP, Security+, and/or relevant cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Familiarity with Zero Trust maturity models and how they map to public sector security mandates (e.g., CISA Zero Trust Strategy, EO 14028).
- Experience with E-Rate program requirements for K-12 networking and security solutions.
- Work at the intersection of one of the fastest-growing areas in networking - SASE and Zero Trust - applied to a mission-driven customer segment.
- Ongoing technical enablement, training, and career development opportunities.
Skills
- Cybersecurity Pre-Sales Engineer - SD-WAN & Secure Networking | SLED
- "The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below.
- Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
Compensation
- USD 146,000 - 343,000 in Washington
- This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan.
- Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 75%/25%."
Benefits
- The opportunity to directly impact how government agencies and educational institutions protect their networks, students, and citizens.
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and flexible work arrangements.
- A collaborative, inclusive culture that values innovation and continuous learning.
- Health & Wellbeing
Company info
- 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:
- We are looking for a Cybersecurity Pre-Sales Engineer to help state and local government agencies, school districts, and higher education institutions modernize their network security posture through secure SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and cloud-delivered security architectures.
- 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.
- If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.
- Open up opportunities with HPE.
- In this customer-facing technical role, you will work closely with account managers, channel partners, and SLED customers to design, position, and demonstrate secure networking solutions spanning secure SD-WAN, Security Service Edge (SSE), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and hybrid firewall architectures.
- You will help SLED organizations understand how integrated network and security platforms protect students, citizens, employees, applications, and data across distributed and hybrid environments.
Equal opportunity
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.
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