Systems Engineer

Fortinet, Inc.; Medellín; On-site; COP 70,000,000 - 110,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet, Inc. is seeking a highly capable Pre-Sales Engineer in Medellín to support the sales team with technical qualification and solutions demonstrations.

You will articulate product capabilities across LAN/WAN, wireless, VPN, and security features, assisting customers from first contact through post‑sales issues. Ideal candidates have field sales experience and a deep understanding of network protocols and security technologies, enabling effective technical engagement with enterprise and

Qualifications

• Field sales experience
• Experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer
• Experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
• Experience with Wireless technologies, deploying, supporting and doing site surveys
• Solid understanding of Wireless Authentication technologies
• Exceptional understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP
• Knowledge of 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

Responsibilities

• Pre-sales: assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Lead technical resource on sales calls; explain features, specs, integration.
• Familiar with networking applications and solutions.
• Post-sales: lead technical contact for accounts; coordinate with support and engineering to resolve issues.
• Assist in identifying customers needing post-sales training

Skills

Field Sales

Pre-sales support

LAN/WAN/Internet

Wireless technologies

Site surveys

Wireless authentication

DNS

NFS

SMTP

HTTP

TCP/IP

routing & switching

VPN

Network Security

Intrusion Detection

Anti-Virus

RADIUS

PKI

IPSec

Firewall

SSH

SSL

DES

3DES

Encryption

Job description

• Certifications: CCIE, CISSP(nice to have)

Responsibilities

Job duties and responsibilities

• Pre-sales - assistance in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Sales calls - be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer/ educate the customer on issues 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 identify customers with post-sales training

Qualifications

Skills & Qualifications

• Field sales experience.
• Experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer
• Experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
• Experience with Wireless technologies, deploying, supporting and doing site surveys.
• Solid understanding of Wireless Authentication technologies
• Exceptional 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

About Us

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail].

Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.