About the role

Principal Presales Systems Engineer at HPE for Vodafone, serving as a technical resource and supporting sales initiatives. Covering advanced networking solutions and customer consulting.

Responsibilities

Will serve as a fundamental technical resource in our account team for our customer Vodafone in Germany
Own pre-sales responsibilities and will be instrumental to identify, develop opportunities with the customer
Are a crucial as one of our leading Sales Engineers, supporting with your consulting aptitude and technical experience the assigned sales objectives
Cover - beyond the classical networking solutions and network products - the topics of evolved of fixed broadband access, end-to-end network automation, network disaggregation and virtualisation, security for network infrastructure
Will lead the discussion also in these areas with presentations, deep dive workshops including demos, drive customer POC labs
Will nurture personal relationships with key customer technical decision makers through an in-depth understanding of customer's needs, organisational structure and decision process

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, related field or equivalent
At least 8 years of experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales engineer
Solid knowledge of advanced routing and switching technologies and solutions: MPLS L3VPN, EVPNs, Segment Routing, Advanced BGP, Transport SDN (Path Computation Element), Network Automation, CG-NAT, Telemetry etc.
Experience with fixed broadband networks and more specifically on BNG and CUPS BNG architectures
Experience on large scale Data Center network architectures design/sales is desirable
Knowledge of Security for mobile infrastructure is preferred: SEG, Gi Firewall, Roaming Firewall, DDoS mitigation
Knowledge of Kubernetes, Automation tools like Ansible, Terraform and SDN/NFV solutions/architectures is a plus
Good knowledge of both HPE Juniper’s product line, solutions and the competitive landscape
Possess broad overall industry knowledge on: 5G, ORAN and Packet Core architecture
Ability to work with account managers and customers within the context of a competitive sales environment
Experience with Tier-1 Service Providers as customers is a plus
Ability to travel, including Americas and Europe
JNCIA, JNCIS-SEC/SP, JNCIP-SEC/SP, JNCIE-SEC/SP, CISSP, or CCIE certificates are a plus
Excellent communication and presentation skills including ability to present in front of large audiences
Fluency in both German and English language, spoken and written, is a must.

Competitive salary and extensive benefits package (pension scheme, insurances, company car, bike and car leasing, and other fringe benefits)
Work-life balance (flexible working time and hybrid workplace model, 30 vacation days, four HPE Wellness-Fridays, up to six months paid parental leave)
Support for education, training, and career development
Diverse and dynamic work environment
Part-time work or job-sharing is also applicable to this position.