Sales Engineer, SLED

Perception Point; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to support a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. You will assist in pre-sales, take the lead on technical discussions during sales calls, and collaborate with post-sales support to resolve customer issues.

A strong background in LAN/WAN, DNS, security, and encryption is required to ensure smooth adoption of Fortinet solutions. The role emphasizes hands-on networking, presentation skills, and collaboration with sales, support, and engineering teams

Qualifications

• 5–8 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer.
• 2-3 bullet evidence of hands-on networking and security knowledge.
• Experience with DNS, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP and routing/switching.

Responsibilities

• Pre-sales: assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• - be the main technical resource on sales calls and educate customers on features and integration.
• - act as post-sales technical lead for identified accounts and coordinate with support and engineering.

Skills

LAN/WAN

DNS

NFS

SMTP

HTTP

TCP/IP

Routing

Switching

VPN

Network Security

Intrusion Detection

Anti Virus

Encryption

Authentication

RADIUS

PKI

IKE

IPSEC

FIREWALL

SSH

SSL

SHA1

DES

3DES

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to work closely with a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. The Systems Engineer's main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.

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 onissues 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.

Required Skills:

• 5 – 8 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer
• 5 - 7 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
• Proven understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP
• Knowledge of the following technologies: 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

Education:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable

Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world's largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet's Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to work closely with a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. The Systems Engineer's main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.