Systems Engineer - APPSEC

Fortinet; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet Riyadh is seeking a Systems Engineer focused on APPSEC and FortiADC/FortiWeb/FortiAppSec to join the Systems Engineering team. You will work with Sales to position our security portfolio and lead technical activities in the sales cycle.

Responsibilities include leading technical aspects from RFIs to POCs, understanding customer requirements, designing robust security solutions, and collaborating with partners and internal teams to win opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must have deep technical pre-sales experience in security solutions.
• Experience with vendors in security and cloud ecosystems.
• Background in global/ multinational organizations preferred.
• Strong understanding of Web Technology, Application Security, and Network Security.

Responsibilities

• Lead all technical aspects of a sales cycle with enterprise customers from RFIs to RFPs/RFQs.
• Coordinate project management and participate in POCs with internal and customer teams.
• Understand customer requirements and design security solutions surpassing competitors.

Skills

Technical pre-sales

Vendor experience

Global experience

Web & security concepts

Security architecture

Certifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in network security

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Systems Engineer APPSEC FortiADC FortiWeb FortiAppSec Location Riyadh Saudi Arabia

As a member of the System Engineering department you will work closely with the Sales Team to position our portfolio of Solutions

Job Responsibilities

• Lead all technical aspects of a sales cycle with the Enterprise customers from the initial RFIs through to RFPs amp RFQs when required
• This includes the project management and active participation in POCs in partnership with the relevant teams both internally and within the customer and or commercial partner
• Have the ability to listen and to understand the technical requirements of the customer reading between the lines to build a solution which outperforms the competitor offering
• Be the primary technical point of contact for the customer s and partners in close collaboration with your sales partner

Required skills:

• Technical pre-sales experience (8 years)
• Vendor experience in similar fields
• Experience in a global organization, international is preferred
• Strong understanding of Web Technology, Application Security, Network Security, TCP/IP, Routing, Switching Architectural and hands-on experience with both on-prem and cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Expert level in at least two of the following areas: DDoS: DoS/DDoS detection, analysis and mitigation, Routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), TCP/IP, DNS in-depth, Multi-layer L3-L4-L7 attack vectors, vulnerability analysis, network defense, auditing processes
• ADC: Load Balancing (SLB, LLB, GSLB), OWASP TOP10, Negative/Positive Security model, Signature and Machine Learning based protection, HTTP/2 HTTP/3, TLS 1.3, API security (OpenAPI, REST, GraphQL), Bot Protection, DoS protection, Threat Analytics
• CASB: Proxy, API, Cloud SaaS (e.g. Office 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Box etc).
• Cloud IaaS management, Compliance reporting, SSPM, DLP, EntraID, Directory Services.
• Strong presentation skills to executives, DMU and technical individual contributors
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• A self-motivated, independent thinker
• Candidates with hands-on experience with one of the leading vendors are preferred
• CISSP, CISM, Fortinet NSE4, 7 or other equivalent certification is a plus
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in the network security industry.