TME/Solutions Architect – Campus, DCN Switching & Routing

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

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:

   

We are looking for a seasoned TME/Networking Solutions Architect with deep expertise in campus switching,  Data Centre networks, and routing technologies. The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on experience across BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, RoCEv2, and SDN fabrics, and will play a pivotal role in supporting the pre-sales community across campus, data center, and routing opportunities by assisting with solution design, deployment planning, and positioning the right products with the right features for each use case.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as a trusted technical advisor for customers across AI data centers, enterprise campus networks, and service provider environments — identifying technical requirements, resolving pain points, and showcasing HPE’s end-to-end networking capabilities.Architect and support AI-ready Ethernet data center deployments using leaf-spine topologies, EVPN-VXLAN overlays, and RoCEv2 fabrics optimized for GPU-based workloads.Lead and participate in customer-facing workshops, whiteboard sessions, and technical deep dives across campus switching, data center fabrics, and edge routing solutions.Conduct Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and hands-on validations to assess performance, scale, Day-0 automation, telemetry, and orchestration tools in both data center and campus environments.Create and maintain design guidelines, infrastructure blueprints, and best practices for performance-optimized and scalable networking deployments across AI DC, enterprise, and routers use cases.Collaborate with pre-sales and go-to-market teams to drive solution adoption and ensure alignment with customer needs and competitive differentiators.Contribute to RFP/RFI responses, creating comprehensive solution documentation including Bill of Materials (BoM), redundancy and topology planning.Work closely with product management and engineering, providing real-world field feedback to enhance product roadmaps around automation, telemetry, security, and feature development.Represent HPE at industry events, AI summits, and technology forums, highlighting the value of HPE’s networking portfolio in comparison to competitors.Stay ahead of the curve by tracking emerging trends, analysing the competitive landscape, and influencing internal strategies for next-gen network innovation.Author technical content such as white papers, solution briefs, and thought leadership pieces covering HPE’s strengths in AI networking, campus transformation, and routing architectures.Deliver product and feature demonstrations to customers and partners, clearly explaining capabilities and reinforcing the product’s value and competitive positioning.

Required Skills and Experience:

Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in networking protocols: BGP, OSPF, EVPN, VXLAN, MCLAG, DRNI, ISSU, MACSec, DCI.Experience in Day 0 to Day 1 deployment of spine-leaf fabrics with any SDN controllers, micro segmentation, and service chaining.Working knowledge of automation and orchestration tools used in data center deployments.Familiarity with SDN controller architecture and integration with third-party services.Proven ability to engage with both technical and business stakeholders to design and defend high-impact networking solutions.As part of the Product Line Management team, this role requires strong competitive knowledge of other vendor offerings — including campus solutions, 400G/800G switching platforms, and transceivers such as but not limited to QSFP-DD and OSFP.Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to create compelling documentation and technical collateral.

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Additional Skills:

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, User Experience (UX)

What We Can Offer You:

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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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_05

    

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