Systems Engineer

Perception Point; Medellín; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to collaborate with a sales representative in a defined territory. The role focuses on pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales support for Enterprise Accounts.

You will be the main technical resource on complex customer interactions, addressing features, specifications, and integration. Strong networking and security knowledge is essential to succeed in this role.

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, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP.
• Knowledge of Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, IDS, and Anti-Virus.
• Solid understanding of 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.
• Sales calls - act as the main technical resource on calls and educate the customer on features and integration.
• Conversant with networking applications and solutions.
• Post-sales - be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and work with support and engineering to resolve issues.
• Provide assistance to identify customers with post-sales training.

Skills

Field sales

Pre-sales support

LAN/WAN/Internet

Wireless tech & site surveys

Wireless authentication

DNS, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP

Routing, Switching, VPN

Security & IDS

RADIUS, PKI, IKE, IPSEC

Encryption & authentication

Job description

• Certifications: CCIE, CISSP (nice to have)

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.

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to work closely with a sales representative in a defined territory with Enterprise Accounts. Your main mission as Systems Engineer will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.

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

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