Sales Engineer, SLED

Fortinet, Inc.; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet Inc. in the United States is seeking a Systems Engineer to partner with a Named Account Manager within a defined territory. The role focuses on supporting the sales organization on technical matters during pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.

You will qualify leads from a technical standpoint, be the main technical resource on sales calls, and collaborate with customers and partners on features, integration, and network security solutions. Strong presentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 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 Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus.
• 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 educate the customer and partner on 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

Technical/pre-sales support

Sales or systems engineer

LAN/WAN/Internet administration

DNS

NFS

SMTP

HTTP

TCP/IP

Routing

Switching

VPN

LAN

WAN

Network Security

Intrusion Detection

Anti Virus

RADIUS

PKI

IKE

Certificates

L2TP

IPsec

Firewall

802.1Q

MD5

SSH

SSL

SHA1

DES

3DES

Encryption

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Graduate Degree favorable

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