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Fortinet

Sales Engineer, SLED

Fortinet Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Computer and Network Security · 10,001+ employees

2 d ago
Remote solutions-engineer Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Systems Engineer will support the sales organization by providing technical expertise during pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales activities. They will act as the primary technical contact for identified accounts, assisting with technical issues, integration, and customer training.

What they look for

Pre-sales Networking Routing Switching VPN Network Security Intrusion Detection Anti Virus DNS NFS SMTP TCP/IP Firewall Encryption Authentication Presentation skills

Requirements

Candidates must have 5-8 years of experience in technical or pre-sales support and 5-7 years of experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration. A bachelor's degree is required, along with a strong understanding of networking protocols, security technologies, and encryption.

Full description

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to work closely with a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. The Systems Engineer's main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.

Responsibilities:

  • Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
  • Sales calls - be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer or educate the customer and partner onissues ranging from features, specifications and functionality to integration.
  • Conversant with networking applications and solutions.
  • Post-sales - be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and will work closely with the technical support team and engineering to answer, elevate and resolve customer's technical issues.
  • Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.

Required Skills:

  • 5 – 8 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer
  • 5 - 7 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
  • Proven understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP
  • Knowledge of the following technologies: Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus.
  • Solid understanding in the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES
  • Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required
  • Exceptional presentation skills

Education:

  • Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable

Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.

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