Regional Systems Engineer: Pre-Sales & Security Expert

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

11 paid holidays

Vacation time

Sick time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to collaborate with Regional Account Managers across the territory, supporting the sales organization in technical matters for pre‑sales, sales calls and post‑sales.

Responsibilities include qualifying leads, serving as the main technical resource on sales calls, and acting as the lead technical contact post‑sale. A deep networking and security background with strong presentation skills is required.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of pre‑sales support experience.
• 3–5 years LAN/WAN/Internet services administration.
• Proven understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP.
• Knowledge of Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, IDS, and Anti Virus.
• Solid understanding of RADIUS, PKI, IPSEC, Certificates, L2TP, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES.
• Experience with encryption and authentication technologies.
• Exceptional presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Pre‑sales: qualify sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Sales calls: be the main technical resource on calls and educate on features, specs, functionality, and integration.
• Post‑sales: lead technical contact for identified accounts and collaborate with support/engineering to resolve issues.
• Provide post‑sales training support to identified customers.

Skills

Pre-sales support

LAN/WAN administration

DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCP-IP

Routing & Switching

Network security/IDS

Encryption/authentication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to collaborate with Regional Account Managers across the territory, supporting the sales organization in technical matters for pre‑sales, sales calls and post‑sales.

Responsibilities include qualifying leads, serving as the main technical resource on sales calls, and acting as the lead technical contact post‑sale. A deep networking and security background with strong presentation skills is required.