Systems Engineer

Fortinet

Systems Engineer 

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to work closely with a Major 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 on issues ranging from features, specifications and functionality to integration.

Conversant with networking applications and security solutions.

Post-sales - be a technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and will work closely with the technical support, professional services, and engineering teams to answer, elevate and resolve customer's technical issues.

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

Experience with Security Operations and products like SIEM, SOAR, Sandboxing, Deception, or Mail protection a plus 

Experience with Enterprise SaaS solutions a plus

Exceptional presentation skills

The Systems Engineer, Enterprise is required to customarily and regularly work outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.

The Systems Engineer is required to spend more than 50% of their time outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable

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