Regional Systems Engineer – Cybersecurity & Pre-Sales Expert

Perception Point; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet seeks a Systems Engineer to collaborate with Regional Account Managers, supporting the sales process with technical pre-sales, on-call guidance during sales calls, and post-sales issue resolution.

You will qualify leads technically, serve as the main technical resource on calls, and assist customers with post-sales training while staying current on networking and security technologies.

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 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 experience

LAN/WAN administration

DNS

NFS

SMTP

HTTP

TCP/IP

Routing & Switching

VPN

Network Security

Intrusion Detection

Anti Virus

Encryption & Authentication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Fortinet seeks a Systems Engineer to collaborate with Regional Account Managers, supporting the sales process with technical pre-sales, on-call guidance during sales calls, and post-sales issue resolution.

You will qualify leads technically, serve as the main technical resource on calls, and assist customers with post-sales training while staying current on networking and security technologies.