Fortinet

1 week ago

Systems Engineer - Ivory Coast

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Job Summary

Support the sales organization in a defined territory by leading technical activities across the full sales cycle, from RFIs to RFPs/RFQs and technical closure. Act as the primary technical point of contact for customers and partners, collaborate on POCs, and translate customer requirements into solutions that outperform competitors. Continuously deepen expertise in Fortinet products, competitive threats, and effectively present proposals remotely or in person.

Location: Abidjan

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

•Lead all technical aspects of the sales cycle, including RFIs and RFPs/RFQs, and participate actively in POCs with internal and customer/commercial partner teams.
•Listen to and interpret customer technical requirements to build solutions that outperform competitor offerings.
•Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers and partners in close collaboration with the sales partner.
•Improve knowledge of Fortinet products and solutions and maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and evolving threats.
•Position Fortinet solutions remotely or in person and present confidently via whiteboarding, technical white papers, and technical plans; manage time across multiple deals.],
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Key Requirements

•Have knowledge of routing, switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, VLAN, network security, firewalls, intrusion detection, and anti-virus.
•Have solid understanding of SD-WAN, SASE, ZTNA, SIEM, XDR, EDR, WAF, email security, NAC, CASB, RADIUS, PKI, IKE, and certificates.
•Strong presentation skills in French and in English.
•Have current or prior pre-sales engineering experience managing end-to-end technical deal activities through technical closure.
•Demonstrate problem-solving skills that contributed to key wins, and show ability to build and maintain customer relationships while communicating technically to stakeholders.

Skills:CommunicationPresentation skillsProblem-solvingTime managementRelationship building

Languages:FrenchEnglish

Tech Stack:RoutingSwitchingVPNLANWANVLANNetwork SecurityFirewallIntrusion DetectionAnti-virusSD-WANSASEZTNASIEMXDREDRWAFEmail SecurityNACCASB

Company Brief

Fortinet

Provides enterprise cybersecurity solutions including data protection, cloud security, network security, and user and entity behavior analytics to help organizations prevent insider threats, secure cloud and on-premises environments, and enforce data loss prevention policies.

Industry: Cybersecurity

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Funding: Private Equity Backed

Headquarters: Austin, United States

Founded: 1994

Website LinkedIn

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Fortinet

1 week ago

Systems Engineer - Ivory Coast

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 20 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Abidjan

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

•Lead all technical aspects of the sales cycle, including RFIs and RFPs/RFQs, and participate actively in POCs with internal and customer/commercial partner teams.
•Listen to and interpret customer technical requirements to build solutions that outperform competitor offerings.
•Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers and partners in close collaboration with the sales partner.
•Improve knowledge of Fortinet products and solutions and maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and evolving threats.
•Position Fortinet solutions remotely or in person and present confidently via whiteboarding, technical white papers, and technical plans; manage time across multiple deals.],
•travel
•salary_currency
•salary_minimum
•:null,
•salary_maximum
•:null,
•salary_average
•:null,
•salary_frequency
•bonus
•equity_options
•benefits
•four_day_week

Key Requirements

•Have knowledge of routing, switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, VLAN, network security, firewalls, intrusion detection, and anti-virus.
•Have solid understanding of SD-WAN, SASE, ZTNA, SIEM, XDR, EDR, WAF, email security, NAC, CASB, RADIUS, PKI, IKE, and certificates.
•Strong presentation skills in French and in English.
•Have current or prior pre-sales engineering experience managing end-to-end technical deal activities through technical closure.
•Demonstrate problem-solving skills that contributed to key wins, and show ability to build and maintain customer relationships while communicating technically to stakeholders.

Skills:CommunicationPresentation skillsProblem-solvingTime managementRelationship building

Languages:FrenchEnglish

Tech Stack:RoutingSwitchingVPNLANWANVLANNetwork SecurityFirewallIntrusion DetectionAnti-virusSD-WANSASEZTNASIEMXDREDRWAFEmail SecurityNACCASB

Company Brief

Fortinet

Industry: Cybersecurity

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Funding: Private Equity Backed

Headquarters: Austin, United States

Founded: 1994

Website LinkedIn