Inside Sales Engineer

Fortinet
Chicago
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 1-3 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Critical thinking","Professional communication","Presentation","Cross-team collaboration","Continuous learning"]

Support Fortinet’s SLED sales teams with pre-sales technical leadership, including opportunity and account success. Assess customer project requirements, map client needs to Fortinet solutions, and partner with internal teams to pursue opportunities. Provide networking and security guidance, deliver accurate solution presentations to customers/partners, and help ensure ongoing customer success and growth. Continuously build expertise across security, networking, SDN, and public cloud technologies.

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Inside Sales Engineer

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Job Summary

Support Fortinet’s SLED sales teams with pre-sales technical leadership, including opportunity and account success. Assess customer project requirements, map client needs to Fortinet solutions, and partner with internal teams to pursue opportunities. Provide networking and security guidance, deliver accurate solution presentations to customers/partners, and help ensure ongoing customer success and growth. Continuously build expertise across security, networking, SDN, and public cloud technologies.
Location: Chicago
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Assess customer project requirements and discover IT business goals and challenges.
  • •Align client needs with appropriate Fortinet solutions and the product/service portfolio.
  • •Partner with internal peers to pursue sales opportunities.
  • •Provide networking and security guidance during pre-sales engagements.
  • •Ensure ongoing customer success, support, and growth through continuous learning and technical leadership.

Key Requirements

  • •1+ year relevant pre/post-sales experience with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or 3 years’ related experience.
  • •Strong proficiency in cybersecurity fundamentals, including threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities.
  • •Knowledge of cyber threat management and incident response.
  • •Networking fundamentals, including the OSI model and common network protocols.
  • •General knowledge of at least 2 areas: network operations, breach detection/prevention, security operations, DevOps, wired/wireless access, identity and access management, public/private cloud, or web content and security acceleration.
Experience:1-3 years
Education:Bachelor's in Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
Skills:Critical thinkingProfessional communicationPresentationCross-team collaborationContinuous learning
Tech Stack:FortinetData centerSDNSoftware Defined NetworkingPublic cloudSecurityNetworkingOSI modelNetwork protocolsDevOpsIdentity and access managementIncident responseThreat management

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
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