SLED Sales Systems Engineer — Pre/Post Technical Lead

Fortinet, Inc.; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet, Inc. in Miami is seeking a Systems Engineer to work with a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. The role focuses on supporting sales in pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales, becoming the main technical resource on calls.

You will assist in qualifying leads, address features and integration questions, and support post-sales training with identified accounts, leveraging networking and security expertise.

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
• Solid understanding in 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 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.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

LAN/WAN/Internet administration

DNS/NFS/SMTP/HTTP/TCPIP

Routing/Switching

VPN/Network Security

Intrusion Detection/Antivirus

IPSec/SSL/TLS protocols

Encryption/authentication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Graduate degree favorable

Job description

Fortinet, Inc. in Miami is seeking a Systems Engineer to work with a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. The role focuses on supporting sales in pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales, becoming the main technical resource on calls.

You will assist in qualifying leads, address features and integration questions, and support post-sales training with identified accounts, leveraging networking and security expertise.