Sales Engineer, SLED Solutions Architect

Fortinet Inc.; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to work with a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. The role focuses on supporting the sales organization on technical matters across pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.

Key tasks include qualifying leads technically, serving as the main technical resource on calls, and acting as the primary contact for post-sales issues while coordinating with engineering for resolution and training for customers.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of technical/pre-sales experience
• 5–7 years LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
• DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCP/IP understanding
• Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN/WAN, Network Security, IDS, Antivirus
• 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 - be the main technical resource on sales calls and educate customers/partners on features, specs, functionality and integration.
• Conversant with networking applications and solutions.
• Post-sales - be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and collaborate with support and engineering to resolve issues.
• Provide post-sales training to identified customers.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

LAN/WAN admin

DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCP-IP

Routing

Switching

VPN

Network Security

Intrusion Detection

Anti Virus

RADIUS

PKI

IKE

L2TP

IPSEC

FIREWALL

802.1Q

MD5

SSH

SSL

SHA1

DES

3DES

Encryption & auth

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to work with a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. The role focuses on supporting the sales organization on technical matters across pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.

Key tasks include qualifying leads technically, serving as the main technical resource on calls, and acting as the primary contact for post-sales issues while coordinating with engineering for resolution and training for customers.