This 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:
HPE Networking is an HPE Company, and a leading provider of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise. Helping some the largest companies in the world modernize their networks to meet the demands of a digital future, HPE Networking is redefining the “Intelligent Edge” – and creating new customer experiences across intelligent spaces and digital workspaces. Join us redefine what’s next for you.
We are looking for development engineers (Entry) positions to lead and drive the development of the future enterprise networking products and solutions. Entries play key hands-on roles in multi-discipline teams working on new and next generation products and solutions. This includes software design, SW development and test, customer interaction, and on-going product support. Projects typically involve coordination with cross-functional internal stakeholders.
What you’ll do:
Key Responsibilities:
- Contributes end-to-end delivery of subsystems/software modules in a project team of software systems engineers and internal and outsourced development partners to develop reliable, cost effective and high quality solutions within stipulated budget/time.
- Collaborates and communicates with management, internal, and outsourced development partners on software systems design status, project progress, and issue resolution
- Work often involves cross organizational team guidance: Hardware, Firmware, System management, Field Support, Documentation, Sales teams, Architects, other organizations, etc. to arrive at best solutions.
- Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with systems design and development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.
What you need to bring:
Education and Experience
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent
2+ years of experience
Required Domain Expertise:
Enterprise networking products with expertise in L2/L3/Security Protocols & Features
Knowledge and Skills
- Experience designing and developing firmware for switches and/or network controllers.
- Strong Operating System experience – Linux, GreenHills, VxWorks etc
- Knowledge of ASIC architectures – e.g. Broadcom, etc
- Expert knowledge in C
- Extensive experience in overall architecture of firmware and interaction with hardware designs for products and solutions.
- Designing and integrating network solutions into overall architecture and hardware design across multiple platforms
- Mastery of advanced networking concepts – L2(xSTP, VLAN, LACP, LLDP, TRILL), L3 (OSPF, BGP, Tunnels), Multicast (PIM, IGMP), IPv6, Security (RADIUS/TACACS, SSH, Access Contrl), ACL/QoS.
- Experience on both platform dependent and platform independent networking protocol work.
- Ability to internalize standards (IEEE, IETF) and convert into deliverables – design/code etc
- Experience with Network Development Tools - Sniffer, Traffic Generators, IXIA, Spirent etc
- Strong Network troubleshooting ability encompassing: OS, Network Stack, Sniffers, switches, external network.
- Strong Network troubleshooting ability
- Experience using version control system – ex. GIT
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
Strongly Desired skills
- Identifies and evaluates new technologies, innovations, and solutions for alignment with technology roadmap and business value. Drives innovation and integration of new technologies into projects and activities in the software systems design organization.
- Experience in writing Secure Software
- Experience in agile development methodology
Additional Skills:
Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, Solutions Design, Testing & Automation, 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.
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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent
- 2+ years of experience
- Enterprise networking product expertise, including L2, L3, and security protocols and features
- Experience designing and developing firmware for switches or network controllers
- Strong operating system experience with Linux, Green Hills, VxWorks, or similar
- Knowledge of ASIC architectures, such as Broadcom
- Expert knowledge of C
- Firmware architecture and hardware-design interaction experience
- Advanced networking concepts, including routing, switching, multicast, IPv6, security, ACL, and QoS
- Experience with platform-dependent and platform-independent networking protocol development
- Ability to interpret IEEE and IETF standards and convert them into designs and code
- Experience with network development tools such as sniffers, traffic generators, IXIA, or Spirent
- Strong network troubleshooting skills
- Experience using Git or another version control system
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Secure software development experience
- Experience with agile development methodology
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hewlett Packard Enterprise and has not been reviewed or approved by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave provides six months of fully paid time for all parents and includes options to return part-time for up to 36 months. Additional supports like backup childcare, fertility and adoption assistance reinforce a family-friendly package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness Fridays offer paid early-finish time each month alongside resources such as on-site gyms, mental health tools, and paid volunteer time. These programs emphasize balance and personal well-being.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with a 100% match on the first 4% of base salary and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. Retirement Transition Support enables part-time work for employees nearing retirement.
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What We Do
In 1939, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, college friends turned business partners, started the original Silicon Valley startup in the space of a rented Palo Alto garage. Starting with audio oscillators, the friends built the foundation for a company that would grow to become a global leader in enterprise technology. More than 75 years later, our success is exemplified through our employees’ drive to advance ideas that bring meaningful innovations to life for our customers and partners around the globe. We are guided by our mission to help customers use technology to turn ideas into value, and empower them to transform industries, markets and lives. We simplify Hybrid IT, power the Intelligent Edge and provide the expertise to make it all happen.








