Regional Sales Engineer - Cybersecurity & Networking

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

Job summary

Fortinet Inc. is seeking a Systems Engineer to collaborate with Regional Account Managers in the territory. You will support the sales organization in technical matters across pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales to drive customer success and cybersecurity outcomes.

The role requires strong networking knowledge, strong presentation skills, and the ability to educate customers and partners on features, specs, and integration in a fast-paced security landscape.

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 Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus
• Solid understanding of 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 educate the customer and partner on issues.
• Post-sales - be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and coordinate with support and engineering.
• Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.

Skills

Pre-sales support

LAN/WAN administration

DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCP/IP

Routing

Security: Firewall/IDS

Encryption/Authentication

Excellent presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Fortinet Inc. is seeking a Systems Engineer to collaborate with Regional Account Managers in the territory. You will support the sales organization in technical matters across pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales to drive customer success and cybersecurity outcomes.

The role requires strong networking knowledge, strong presentation skills, and the ability to educate customers and partners on features, specs, and integration in a fast-paced security landscape.