Description
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking an Associate Sales Engineer Graduate to join their team in Spring, Texas.
The Associate Sales Engineering (ASE) Program provides hands-on experience and development opportunities for individuals beginning a career in technical sales. As an ASE, you will work alongside experienced Sales Engineers and other talented team members to help customers achieve their business and technology objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in program enhancements and the deployment of best practices
- Respond to technical pre-sales inquiries from partners and internal stakeholders
- Collaborate on projects that expand your product knowledge and understanding of sales engineering practices
- Attend and assist with onsite and remote customer presentations and engagements
- Support solution demonstrations and technical discussions
- Prepare technical responses to customer proposals and follow up on customer questions
- Participate in developing lab proof-of-concept configurations based on defined test plans
- Deliver training sessions and workshops
- Learn customer requirements and help develop solutions aligned with their business needs
- Build familiarity with both Juniper Networks and HPE Aruba Networking technologies
Program experience:
- Foundational training across the Juniper and Aruba technology portfolios during the first 12 weeks
- New-hire training during the first few weeks of the program
- Weekly hands-on labs
- Weekly demonstration practice
- Biweekly mentoring activities
- Participation in HPE Tech Jam
- Guest speakers and additional learning opportunities
- Third-party pre-sales coaching through Mastering Technical Sales
- Participation in Sales Kick-Off activities
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in any field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Early-career experience, including up to two years of experience in sales engineering, network operations, technical support, customer service, sales, leadership, or another related area
- Demonstrated self-directed learning, such as independently acquiring a skill, tool, certification, or technology
- Strong interpersonal, teamwork, written, and verbal communication skills
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Willingness to relocate to Houston, Texas
- Willingness to relocate after program completion to an available Sales Engineer position identified by HPE Networking field leadership
Desired qualifications:
- Degree or coursework in engineering, computer science, information technology, networking, or a related technical field
- General knowledge of computer networking concepts and solutions
- Familiarity with cloud networking or operating-system virtualization technologies
- Experience with Python or a similar scripting language
- A home lab, personal technology project, or independently earned certification
- Leadership experience, such as serving as a team captain, resident assistant, club officer, shift lead, volunteer leader, ROTC participant, Scout leader, or in an equivalent role
- Internship experience, whether technical or nontechnical
- Experience founding or leading a project, club, side business, event, or similar initiative
Benefits:
- Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing
- Investment in career development and growth
- Unconditional inclusion and celebration of individual uniqueness
Salary range: Hourly Salary USD 27.64 - 62.50