Regional Sales Engineer - Cybersecurity & Networking

Fortinet; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to support Regional Account Managers in the territory, handling pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales matters. You will be the technical resource during customer engagements, qualifying leads and explaining features, integration, and deployment options.

The role requires 1–3 years in technical/pre-sales, 3–5 years in LAN/WAN, DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCP/IP, and strong presentation skills. Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree favored.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; graduate degree favorable.
• 1-3 years in technical/pre-sales support
• 3-5 years LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
• Experience with DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCP/IP
• Knowledge of routing, switching, VPN, LAN/WAN, and security technologies
• Familiarity with encryption and authentication technologies
• Exceptional presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Act as main technical resource on sales calls and educate customers and partners on features, specifications and functionality to integration.
• Be the lead technical contact for post-sales issues and coordinate with support and engineering to resolve customer issues.
• Provide post-sales training to identified customers.

Skills

Pre-sales

LAN/WAN

DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCP-IP

Routing & VPN

Network Security

Encryption & PKI

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Graduate Degree favorable

Job description

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to support Regional Account Managers in the territory, handling pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales matters. You will be the technical resource during customer engagements, qualifying leads and explaining features, integration, and deployment options.

The role requires 1–3 years in technical/pre-sales, 3–5 years in LAN/WAN, DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCP/IP, and strong presentation skills. Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree favored.