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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

Principal SecOps & Observability Engineer (Clearance Secret or Top Secret)

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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.
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • 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.
  • What Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles59 certified filings for “Systems/Software Engineer III” (Software Developers) in CA: $149k–$206k, median $183k.
  • Citizenship requirement statedFrom the posting’s own wording.
  • Security clearance mentionedFrom the posting’s own wording.
  • Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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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
59 certified filings for “Systems/Software Engineer III” (Software Developers) in CA: $149k–$206k, median $183k. Most were filed at wage level II (43%) — 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

Principal SecOps & Observability Engineer (Clearance Secret or Top Secret)    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: Job Family Definition: Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software and integration solutions across enterprise platforms. Architects the integration of third-party products into a unified operations console, and determines platform, data, and interface compatibility to influence overall system design in secure, disconnected, and hybrid environments.  Management Level Definition: Contributions have a visible technical impact on a product or major subcomponent. Applies in-depth professional knowledge and innovative ideas to solve complex, cross-platform integration problems. Recognized authority in SecOps and observability architectures who provides technical leadership, drives technical direction grounded in research and industry best practice, and contributes to mentorship and knowledge sharing across the organization.  Role Overview & Mission  : The Disconnected Hybrid Operations Console (DHOC) is HPE's unified operations console for monitoring Security Operations (SecOps) and Observability across disconnected, air-gapped, and hybrid environments. As Principal Technologist, you are the senior technical owner of the architecture that integrates a portfolio of third-party products into a single operational pane of glass.  We are hiring a Principal-level technologist who is equally capable at the keyboard and console and at the whiteboard. Someone who can hands-on integrate and troubleshoot the platforms, and who can also set technical direction, define the integration roadmap, and ensure our design decisions are anchored in research and industry-standard best practices.  Primary platform emphasis is on ServiceNow, Tenable Security Center, and OpsRamp, with working familiarity of Elastic, Proven Optics, and Cohesity considered a strong plus.  US Citizenship required Clearance required: Secret or Top Secret Travel: 25% required Responsibilities: • Develops organization-wide architectures and methodologies for software systems design and development across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit. • Design, build, configure, and troubleshoot integrations between the operations console and third-party platforms using APIs, connectors, event/data pipelines, and message buses.  • 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 executive business leadership, outsourced development partners, and industry standards groups. •

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