Private Cloud Enterprise Lead Solution Technologist

Private Cloud Enterprise Lead Solution Technologist

  

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:

   

Private Cloud Enterprise Lead Solution Technologist

Job Description
 

At Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), we advance the way people live and work by unlocking the full potential of data. As a global leader in edge-to-cloud platforms, we empower enterprises to accelerate innovation and achieve business outcomes.

We are seeking an accomplished Private Cloud Enterprise (PCE) Lead Solution Technologist to drive technical leadership for HPE’s portfolio of private cloud offerings, including Connected, Disconnected, and Edge-to-Cloud solutions. This is a Senior Principal Technologist, Cloud Development role, requiring exceptional architectural expertise, strategic vision, and the ability to influence outcomes across HPE and the broader industry.

In this role, you will collaborate with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and customers to define technical blueprints, ensure architectural integrity, and deliver innovative and scalable solutions. Your ability to balance business priorities with deep technical execution will shape the future of HPE’s private cloud portfolio, deliver measurable value to our customers, and position HPE as a leader in enterprise cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead the overall architecture and technical strategy for HPE’s Private Cloud Enterprise (PCE) portfolio, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and alignment with industry standards.

• Partner with the E2E Solution Architect, Solution Owner, and Senior Engineering Management to provide technical oversight, ensuring architectural integrity and consistency across all PCE offerings.

• Define and maintain architectural standards, best practices, and technical roadmaps to guide the evolution of private cloud solutions.

Customer Engagement

• Collaborate with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to analyze, clarify, and prioritize requirements, translating them into actionable engineering plans.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and technical authority in high-stakes customer engagements, including executive briefings, escalations, and strategic planning sessions.

• Advocate for customer needs within HPE by aligning feature requests and architectural priorities with business objectives.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with product management, sales, and go-to-market teams to ensure technical solutions align with customer needs and deliver measurable business value.

• Collaborate with global engineering teams, delivery teams, and other private cloud architects to ensure alignment with broader architectural initiatives and product roadmaps.

• Foster a culture of collaboration and innovation across geographically distributed teams, ensuring productivity and alignment across time zones (US, Europe, India).

Required Qualifications

• Architectural Expertise:

  • Proven experience designing and implementing complex, enterprise-grade systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, and performance.

  • Deep understanding of hybrid and private cloud technologies, including compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and containerization.

• Technical Proficiency:

  • Expertise in automation and IaaS tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef) and familiarity with software development methodologies and toolsets.

  • Strong knowledge of physical and virtual infrastructure, IT operations management (ITOM), and IT service management (ITSM).

• Agile Leadership:

  • Proficiency in Agile processes and tools, including backlog grooming, Epic elaboration, defect management, and reporting (e.g., Ji