Principal Systems Engineer - SecOps (SIEM / SOAR / XDR)

Fortinet, Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet, Inc. in India seeks a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Engineering specialist to collaborate with the Account Team in positioning Fortinet's SecOps portfolio. You will work from the office three days per week and engage in RFP responses, solution design, and technical discussions.

The role requires hands-on SecOps experience (SIEM, SOAR, NDR), automation scripting, and the ability to create compelling demonstrations and PoCs for customers across India. Travel within India may be required.

Qualifications

• Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills: Must be able to deliver presentations to CXO's, Partners etc.
• Must be able to interface seamlessly between Sales and Presales team/Customers/Partners: Requires good Technical, Presentation and PR skills.
• Excellent Hands-on experience on SIEM , SOAR and NDR is a must.
• Must have working experience on automation scripts using any platforms.
• Must have experience developing SecOPS Solutions/Architectures for customers.
• Good Hands-on experience with deploying at least NGFW, WAF, Mail security in any kind of environment.

Responsibilities

• Member of the SME team which covers India region (India & SAARC Region).
• Expected to work from the office three days per week to collaborate with extended teams.
• Second level of pre-sales support: respond to RFPs/RFIs with design and solution specs.
• Assist key projects to ensure Fortinet's success and lead technical discussions.
• Conduct compelling solution presentations, demonstrations and PoC (Proof of Concept).
• Build technical materials to support sales activities (slideware, white papers, tech notes) and design internal workshops.
• Perform external workshops & PoCs for prospects or customers on product evaluations with Account SE.
• Perform hands-on tests to validate network designs and customer PoC setups for new products.
• Disseminate product knowledge to Sales Team and Channel.
• Report project activities and analyze trends to provide market vision.

Skills

SIEM

SOAR

NDR

Pre-sales

Technical presentations

Customer engagement

Automation scripting

NGFW deployment

Job description

Job Info

• Job Identification 21221
• Job Category Systems Engineering
• Posting Date 04/16/2026, 06:01 AM
• Locations Gurgaon, Haryana, India
• Job Schedule Full time

Job Description

As a member of the Subject Matter Expert (SME) Engineering Department, you will work closely with the Account Team to position our Portfolio of SecOps Solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Member of the SME team which covers India region (India & SAARC Region)
• Expected to work from the office three days per week. This enables collaboration with the extended teams, fostering trusted relationship and teamwork.
• Second level of pre-sales support assisting the field SE organization:
  • in responding to RFPs/RFIs: design, solution specification, product information.
  • in supporting key projects to ensure Fortinet's success.
  • in leading technical discussions, articulating the technology and demonstrating differentiated value.
  • in conducting compelling solution presentations, demonstrations and POC (Proof of Concept).
• Responsible for building technical materials to support sales activities (slideware, solution brief, white papers, success stories, technical notes, TOI, etc.) and designing Internal workshops.
• Perform External workshops & PoCs for prospects or customers on product evaluations and do demonstrations, in collaboration with Account SE.
• Perform hands-on tests to validate network designs, customer proof-of-concept setups and network deployments for new products and feature.
• Effectively disseminate product knowledge to the Sales Team and Channel.
• Point of contact for the CSE team: responsible to report and consolidate customer needs across India region, validate business cases, write, and elevate feature requests.
• Report project activities, analyze project trends and provide market vision.
• Participate in the development of commercial strategies.
• Ability to Travel at a short notice, as required within India region.

Collect information on competitive solutions, products, and services and update the Channel and Account team

Requirements:

• Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills: Must be able to deliver presentations to CXO's, Partners etc.
• Must be able to interface seamlessly between Sales and Presales team/Customers/Partners: Requires good Technical, Presentation and PR skills.
• Excellent Hands-on experience on SIEM , SOAR and NDR is a must.
• Must have working experience on automation scripts using any platforms.
• Must have experience developing SecOPS Solutions/Architectures for customers.
• Good Hands-on experience with deploying at least NGFW, WAF, Mail security in any kind of environment.
• Problem-Solving, Monitoring and Incident Response.
• Must be able to deliver technical training to partners.
• Must be able to create use-cases basis the available solutions and the different type of existing/potential customers.

Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer.