Technical Account Manager

Fortinet; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Technical Account Manager for our enterprise customers in Saudi Arabia. You will act as the primary technical advisor, understanding the customer’s business and technical needs to deliver tailored support solutions and best practices.

Your proactive guidance will help keep mission‑critical environments healthy and improve overall customer experience. You will run advanced troubleshooting across Fortinet products, reproduce customer environments in a lab, and own customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• Fluency in English and Arabic essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep understanding of customer’s business and technical needs to provide guidance and support.
• Act as trusted advisor with proactive recommendations and best practices.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting across Fortinet product portfolio.
• Replicate customer environments in lab and suggest new solutions.
• Own and drive customer incidents to timely resolution and manage communications until closure.
• Participate in customer conference calls or meetings and produce service reports.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Security product knowledge

Troubleshooting

Customer management

Telco/enterprise experience

Communication skills

Fortinet product familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or related field

Fortinet NSE4 / FCP / FCSS / FCX certifications (advantage)

Job description

Would you like to join the leading global provider of network security solutions to help strategic accounts optimize their customer experience? At Fortinet we are looking for a Technical Account Manager to build a long‑term trusted relationship by operating as primary technical advisor for key enterprise customers. As Technical Account Manager you will develop a deep understanding of the customer’s business technical needs that will be used to provide technical support solutions tailored to their needs and challenges. Your proactive guidance will help keep the customers’ mission‑critical environments healthy by identifying potential issues before they become problems and improving the overall customer experience via best practices and technical recommendations that will optimize their return of investment. If you are keen in helping customers achieve their strategic objectives while working on cutting‑edge security products, then come and join our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of the customer’s business technical needs to provide technical information, guidance and support.
• Become a trusted advisor by proactively guiding customers with technical recommendations and best practices.
• Run advanced troubleshooting on the full range of Fortinet products.
• Reproduce customer environments on lab equipment and recommend potential new solutions.
• Take initiatives and ownership of customer incidents to drive for timely resolutions.
• Manage customer communications and expectations until the closure of each case.
• Participate in customer conference calls or face‑to‑face customer meetings.
• Produce service reports to summarize service activity and performance for key stakeholders.
• Report software, hardware related issues to R&D and assure follow‑up.

Skills and Attributes

• Good understanding of data networking protocols, specifically TCP/IP, routing and switching.
• Hands‑on experience with security products and technologies (e.g., Firewalls, IDS/IPS, DDoS, VPN, Web Application Firewall).
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
• Face‑to‑face and remote customer management experience.
• Previous experience in a technical support position with telco or large enterprise space.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Previous experience with Fortinet products is an advantage.

Educational and Experience Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in a technical support post‑sales role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Fortinet certification NSE4, FCP, FCSS, FCX is a distinct advantage.
• Fluency in English and Arabic essential.