we are looking for a Chief Architect, SASE/SSE.
The Chief Architect, SASE/SSE is the senior technical authority responsible for shaping and driving the end‑to‑end architecture, technology vision, and innovation strategy for HPEs SASE/SSE (Security Service Edge) platforms.
This role builds from first principles to support mission‑critical, global‑scale security and networking services, continuously pushing architectural boundaries to solve complex customer problems. The Chief Architect brings deep technical judgment, systems thinking, and industry perspective to translate customer, product, and business needs into secure, scalable, and differentiated cloud-native solutions.
Operating at the intersection of engineering, product, security, and business strategy, the Chief Architect ensures architectural coherence across data plane, control plane, identity, policy, analytics, and operations-while enabling teams to innovate and execute with speed and quality.
The Chief Architect is also expected to champion an AI-first mindset across the SASE/SSE platform and engineering organization, identifying where AI and automation can meaningfully improve customer value, engineering velocity, operational efficiency, and decision-making at scale.
Requirements: Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely related quantitative discipline.
Typically 15+ years of progressive experience in cloud, security, networking, or large‑scale distributed systems architecture.
Demonstrated experience leading architecture for complex, global, cloud‑native platforms with strong security and reliability requirements.
Experience driving or enabling AI/ML-based capabilities in large-scale platforms is highly desirable.
Knowledge and Skills:
Deep expertise in cloud‑native architecture, distributed systems, and platform‑scale software design.
Strong background in security and networking architectures, ideally including SASE, SSE, Zero Trust, identity, and policy‑driven systems.
Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to simplify complex systems and drive clear architectural decisions.
Proven ability to align technology strategy with business outcomes, financial considerations, and customer impact.
Track record of technical innovation, including patents, published designs, or successful large‑scale product deployments.
Outstanding communication skills, capable of influencing and aligning stakeholders at the executive and industry level.
Strong understanding of AI concepts, data pipelines, and automation techniques, with the ability to apply them pragmatically to real-world engineering and product challenges.
This position is open to all candidates.