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Posting rules out sponsorship
The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship or security clearance.
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 486 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Technology Consultant III” (Information Technology Project Managers) in TN: $63k–$96k, median $80k.
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Citizenship requirement statedFrom the posting’s own wording.
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Security clearance mentionedFrom the posting’s own wording.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
Details and sources
- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 486 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 2 certified filings for “Technology Consultant III” (Information Technology Project Managers) in TN: $63k–$96k, median $80k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
US Defense - System Administrator Senior Technology Consultant, (Clearance TS/SCI) Aberdeen, MD, Onsite
This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE partner/customer 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:
Contributions have a regular, sustained impact on the technical components of HPE products, solutions, or services. Applies advanced subject matter expertise to solve complex business problems and is recognized as a subject matter expert. Provides technical guidance and partnership to functional and project teams and may contribute to cross-functional initiatives. Exercises significant independent judgment in determining the best approach to achieve objectives. May also provide team leadership and mentor others.
US Citizenship required
Clearance required: Requires: Top Secret (TS) Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) US government clearance
Onsite daily work required in Aberdeen, MD
Responsibilities:
• Monitors and maintains the health of HPC systems, including compute, network, and storage.
• Plans and performs monthly system patching and semiannual operating system upgrades.
• Reviews, resolves, and responds to client support tickets.
• Creates, tracks, and closes assigned support cases and ensures that all open cases on teams assigned systems are completed to customers satisfaction. Returns parts in accordance with company policy and customer SLA’s.
• Maintains availability reports to track service level agreements (SLAs).
• Plans, schedules, and completes monthly patching across all systems and kernel upgrades in accordance with company releases and established customer policies and guidelines.
• Maintains the client-required system security posture.
• Supports clients with application installations.
• Troubleshoots and repairs hardware issues.
• Maintains the on-call schedule to support 24x7x2/4 coverage year-round.
• Supports new system installations with hands on hardware and software and customer acceptance testing.
• Champions knowledge management and asset reuse across the practice to standardize quality and maximize operational efficiency.
• Mentors junior team members in issue and case management, skill development, and alignment with organizational goals.
Knowledge and Skills:
• Demonstrates the depth and breadth of technical expertise needed to design and scope multiple HPC deliverables across several technologies.
• Demonstrates innovation in developing and clearly communicating new deliverables and service offerings.
• Has led teams in delivering multiple solutions across a range of technologies.
• Develops solutions that improve a customer’s enterprise availability, performance, maintainability, and agility.
• Contributes to the design and adoption of new tools and applies prior experience to create new solutions.
• Maintains a detailed understanding of the architectural dependencies among technologies in the customer’s IT environment.
• Uses product, application, and architectural knowledge to develop solutions. Recognized as an expert in
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