Director, Cloud Architect

Primary Responsibilities

• Strategic CSP Roadmap Alignment
• Own the technical product strategy that enables CSPs to build, own, and operate scalable, secure, and commercially viable clouds using HPE CloudOps Software virtualization stacks—spanning compute, networking, storage, lifecycle automation, observability, and multi-tenant operations.
• Executive Technical Interface: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for VPs of Engineering and CTOs at CSPs.
• Technical Architecture & Design
• Validated Designs (CVDs): Own the creation and maintenance of HPE Validated Designs specifically for CSP use cases (e.g., "Sovereign Cloud-in-a-Box").
• Reference Architectures: Define how HPE CloudOps software integrates with underlying hardware and third-party stacks e.g. OpenShift.
• Thought Leadership & Technical Collateral
• Content Engine: Author high-value technical white papers, reference guides, and deep-dive architectural blogs.
• Speaker & Evangelist: Represent HPE Cloud Ops at major industry events (e.g., , Advisory Boards, HPE Discover).
• Technical Enablement & Operations
• Day 0 to Day 2 Success: Define the blueprints for how CSPs not only build their clouds but how they operate them profitably using AIOps and automated lifecycle management.
• Sales Engineering Bridge: Act as the "Level 3" support for global field teams on complex, multi-product CSP architectural bids.
• Business Logic & Monetization Strategy
• Service Catalog Definition: Help CSPs define what their "Product Catalog" looks like when powered by HPE (e.g., defining "Backup-as-a-Service" tiers using Zerto).

Experience & Skills

• Professional Background: 10+ years in Technical Product Management or Systems Architecture.
• Prior Experience: Must have held a similar role at VMware, Red Hat, Nutanix, or a Hyperscaler (AWS/Azure/GCP) specifically focused on partner/service provider enablement.
• Deep Technical Stack Expertise: Virtualization (deep knowledge of ESXi, KVM, and AHV), Cloud Native (strong command of Kubernetes, OpenShift, and container networking/storage), Operations/Observability (expertise in AIOps, distributed tracing, and multi-cloud monitoring), Data Protection (understanding of RPO/RTO requirements for disaster recovery and cyber-resilience).

Leadership & Influence

• Proven ability to lead through influence across a matrixed organization (Engineering, Marketing, and Sales).

Additional Skills

• Cross Domain Knowledge, Customer Engagement, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Go-to-Market Expertise, Partner Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Security-First Mindset, Strategic Pricing, Strategy Creation, User Experience (UX), Value Creation, Vendor Management

What We Can Offer You

• Health & Wellbeing
• Personal & Professional Development
• Unconditional Inclusion

Job Engineering

Job Level: TCP_07

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

• United States of America: Annual Salary USD 194,000 - 388,000 in Massachusetts // 194,000 - 412,500 in California & New York // 170,000 - 412,500 in Connecticut & Georgia & New Jersey & North Carolina & Texas & Washington

The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

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