Regional SLED Sales Engineer — Commission Eligible

Fortinet; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

11 paid holidays

Vacation time

Sick time

Comprehensive leave program

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to collaborate with Regional Account Managers across the regional territory. You will support the sales organization on pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales, serving as the main technical resource on customer engagements.

The role requires strong networking knowledge, presentation skills, and the ability to explain features, integrations, and security solutions to customers and partners.

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.
• Understanding of DNS, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP.
• Knowledge of routing, switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, network security, IDS, antivirus.
• Proficiency with RADIUS, PKI, IKE, certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, firewall, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES.
• Experience with encryption and authentication technologies.
• Exceptional presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Sales calls - act as main technical resource on calls and educate on features, specs and integration.
• Post-sales - lead technical contact for identified accounts with support teams.
• Provide post-sales training assistance to identified customers.

Skills

LAN/WAN administration

DNS / SMTP / HTTP

Routing & Switching

VPN & Network Security

Firewall / IPsec

Encryption & Authentication

Presentation skills

Pre-sales experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to collaborate with Regional Account Managers across the regional territory. You will support the sales organization on pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales, serving as the main technical resource on customer engagements.

The role requires strong networking knowledge, presentation skills, and the ability to explain features, integrations, and security solutions to customers and partners.