Cybersecurity Systems Engineer - Pre-Sales Europe

Fortinet Inc.; Paris; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the sales organization in technical matters, primarily in pre-sales and during sales calls. Location is Europe-based with a focus on securing networking and security solutions for MSSP and Telco environments.

You will qualify leads, be the main tech resource on calls, and assist customers with post-sales training, using broad networking knowledge and strong English communication to drive solutions.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer.
• 5–8 years in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration.
• Strong understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP.
• Knowledge of Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection and Anti Virus.
• Encryption and authentication technologies experience required.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.

Responsibilities

• Assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint (Pre-sales).
• 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.
• Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.

Skills

Pre-sales labour

Customer communication

English fluency

Networking concepts

Tools

Routing

Switching

VPN

Firewall

IPSEC

PKI

802.1Q

SSH

TLS/SSL

Job description

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the sales organization in technical matters, primarily in pre-sales and during sales calls. Location is Europe-based with a focus on securing networking and security solutions for MSSP and Telco environments.

You will qualify leads, be the main tech resource on calls, and assist customers with post-sales training, using broad networking knowledge and strong English communication to drive solutions.