Principal Systems/Software Engineer Cloud & On-Premise Software Development

Principal Systems/Software Engineer Cloud & On-Premise Software DevelopmentThis role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement 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:

Job Family Definition:

Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Determines hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design.

Role Overview:

Security Director Cloud (SD Cloud) is a cloud-native Security Management Platform that provides centralized management, monitoring, policy administration, and automation for Juniper SRX Firewalls, vSRX, Secure Edge, and hybrid cloud security environments. It enables enterprises to manage security policies consistently across on-premises, cloud, and remote locations through a single web interface. SD Cloud is also positioned as HPE/Juniper's management portal for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and supports unified policy management, Zero Trust security, Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), threat visibility, analytics, automation, and API-driven integrations.

Security Director (On-Prem) is the on-premises version of the same security management platform. It centrally manages SRX and vSRX firewalls, providing policy lifecycle management, monitoring, configuration, logging, and automation through a web-based interface. It is the successor to Junos Space Security Director and offers similar operational capabilities for organizations that require local deployment.

We are seeking a seasoned technical leader whose contributions have visible technical impact on a product/components. Applies in-depth professional knowledge and innovative ideas to solve complex problems. Achieve cost reductions, or satisfy current and future unmet customer needs.

Recognized internal authority on key technology area applying innovative principles and ideas. Provides technical leadership for significant project/program work.

Leads cross-functional engineering initiatives by providing technical direction, implementation and influence architectural decisions, and ensuring successful execution.

Coaches and mentors engineers while driving best practices and knowledge sharing across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Owns and responsible for multiple core software modules end-to-end of the product. Should be able to solve technical problems/challenges in fast pace development/debugging environment. Lead/mentor/grow junior tech talent within the team.

• Develops organization-wide architectures and methodologies for software systems design and development across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit.

• Identifies and evaluates new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value; creates plans for integration and update into architecture.

• Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.

• Leverages recognized domain expertise, business acumen, and experience to influence decisions of technical leadership, outsourced development partners, and industry standards groups.

• Provides guidance and mentoring to less- experienced staff members to set an example of software systems design and development innovation and excellence.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Experience building Cloud product(s) with Microservices architecture

• Extensive knowledge in Cloud applications and technologies.

• Excellent analytical, problem solving, software debugging skills.

• Experience designing and developing software systems design tools and languages.

• Experience in overall architecture of software systems for products and solutions.

• Designing and integrating software systems running on multiple platform types into overall architecture.

• Demonstrated experience working in cross-geography, globally distributed engineering teams, collaborating effectively across multiple time zones and cultures to deliver complex software solutions.

• Ensure high-quality software delivery by writing robust Unit Test cases, improving code coverage through automation, validating new and existing functionality, and documenting and executing functional test cases prior to QA handoff.

• Extensive hands-on experience across several of the following technology areas, with the ability to quickly adapt and contribute to adjacent domains.

• History of innovation with multiple patents or deployed solutions in the field of software design.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.

• Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at business unit and executive levels.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering

• Typically 10+ years experience.

• Extensive hands-on experience across several of the following technology areas, with the ability to quickly adapt and contribute to adjacent domains.

Core Technologies

• Go (1.24+)

• Java (Spring Boot / Spring Framework, Jakarta EE)

• PostgreSQL or equivalent DB Elastic Search

• gRPC, Protocol buffers, REST, OpenAPI/Swagger

Cloud Technologies

• Apache Kafka (Confluent, Sarama) and Redis-based queues

• Docker, Kubernetes, Kubernetes client libraries

• Prometheus, distributed tracing, structured logging (SLF4J/Logback)

• Load balancer like Ambassador or equivalent

Other Technologies

• Bazel, Maven, Helm,

• OAuth2, SAML, JWT

• Jenkins CI/CD

Nice to Have:

• Security domain experience.

• Experience of development in Network Management Systems.

• Exposure on building software platforms to be consumed by applications.

Relocation support is provided for eligible candidates

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

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 Level:

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