Regional Sales Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer

Fortinet; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer in Indianapolis to collaborate with Regional Account Managers, providing technical pre-sales, on-sales, and post-sales support. You will serve as the primary technical resource on sales calls, explaining features, integration, and security requirements to customers and partners.

The role requires networking expertise, experience with routing, switching, VPN, and security protocols, plus excellent presentation skills.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer.
• 3-5 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration.
• Proven understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP.
• Knowledge of the following technologies: Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus.
• Solid understanding in the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES
• Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required
• Exceptional presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Sales calls - be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer or educate the customer and partner on issues ranging from features, specifications and functionality to integration.
• Conversant with networking applications and solutions.
• Post-sales - be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and will work closely with the technical support team and engineering to answer, elevate and resolve customer's technical issues.
• Provide assistance to identified customers with post‑sales training.

Skills

Pre-sales

LAN/WAN

DNS/SMTP/HTTP

Routing & Switching

Security: VPN/Firewall

Encryption protocols

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer in Indianapolis to collaborate with Regional Account Managers, providing technical pre-sales, on-sales, and post-sales support. You will serve as the primary technical resource on sales calls, explaining features, integration, and security requirements to customers and partners.

The role requires networking expertise, experience with routing, switching, VPN, and security protocols, plus excellent presentation skills.