Technical Support Engineer - FortiNAC

Fortinet, Inc.; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading cybersecurity firm seeks a Technical Support Engineer based in Frankfurt. The role involves troubleshooting Fortinet products, managing customer inquiries, and providing educational support. Ideal candidates will have over 3 years of networking experience, excellent trouble-shooting abilities, and fluency in both English and German. Competitive compensation and opportunities for growth offered in a dynamic environment.

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years of experience in networking or security industry.
• In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP.
• Experience with firewalls and security devices.
• Proficient in both English and German.

Aufgaben

• Conduct basic troubleshooting on Fortinet products.
• Gather and analyze configuration information for optimization.
• Provide customer education on networking and product use.
• Manage customer communications throughout case lifecycle.

Kenntnisse

TCP/IP knowledge

Troubleshooting skills

Communication in English and German

Networking experience

Problem-solving skills

Ausbildung

Industry certificates (FCP, CCNA, CCNP, CCSP, CISSP)

Tools

Security devices (Firewalls, IPS, Mail Security Gateways)

VPNs (IPsec, SSL)

SQL

Jobbeschreibung

Reporting to ETAC Manager based in Kelsterbach, Germany, you would act as the main contact point for our customers and partners for technical break/fix or configuration inquiries for FortiGate and FortiAuthenticator.

In this position, the Technical Support Engineer will:

• Conduct basic troubleshooting on Fortinet products, mainly the FortiGate and FortiAuthenticator, ensuring prompt resolution of customer issues.
• Gather, analyze, and provide recommendations for configuration information, helping customers optimize their systems.
• Collect and analyze customer system information, identifying areas for improvement and suggesting corrective actions.
• Offer customer education to bridge knowledge gaps in networking, product understanding, and related areas.
• Consult technical documentation, bulletins, and release notes to address known issues and provide effective solutions.
• Reproduce customer environments in lab settings, isolate and resolve problems, and propose innovative solutions.
• Follow up on technical cases, ensuring proper escalation, case management, and timely resolution.
• Manage customer communications and expectations throughout the case lifecycle, leading customer management meetings for escalations.

Who We Are Looking for:

We are seeking insightful, inclusive connectors to join our team. You foster collaborative partnerships by the ways in which you seek to understand others, work together, and diagnose complex organizational variables, issues, and opportunities. You have an ongoing sense of drive, informed urgency, and you are attentive to detail. You enjoy implementing holistic solutions that meet and scale with the strategic needs of the organization.

• 3+ years of experience in networking or security industry.
• In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP.
• Hands on experience with security devices Firewalls/IPS/Mail Security Gateways.
• Proficient spoken and written English and German language
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, enabling effective issue resolution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, facilitating clear and effective customer interactions.
• Ability to work in multicultural team environment.
• Understanding of Active Directory and configuration.
• Knowledge of authentication protocols and methods (LDAP, RADIUS, Kerberos, NTLM).
• Experience with VPNs (IPsec, SSL) and implementation.
• Knowledge of database maintenance and SQL.
• Familiar with Web application security and vulnerabilities (experience with exploits is plus).
• Having any of industry certificates (FCP, CCNA, CCNP, CCSP, CISSP).

About Us

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.