Regional Sales Engineer

Fortinet
Boston, Sunnyvale
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5-8 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Presentation skills"]

Support the sales organization as a Regional Systems Engineer working with an Account Manager across a defined territory. Drive technical pre-sales by qualifying leads, act as the primary technical resource on sales calls, and provide post-sales technical ownership for assigned accounts. Coordinate with technical support and engineering to resolve customer issues and help customers through post-sales training, while staying conversant with networking solutions and applications.

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Fortinet
1 year ago

Regional Sales Engineer

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Job Summary

Support the sales organization as a Regional Systems Engineer working with an Account Manager across a defined territory. Drive technical pre-sales by qualifying leads, act as the primary technical resource on sales calls, and provide post-sales technical ownership for assigned accounts. Coordinate with technical support and engineering to resolve customer issues and help customers through post-sales training, while staying conversant with networking solutions and applications.
Location: Boston, Sunnyvale
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint (pre-sales).
  • •Serve as the main technical resource on sales calls, educating customers/partners on features, specifications, functionality, and integration.
  • •Be conversant with networking applications and solutions.
  • •Act as the lead technical contact for identified accounts, working with technical support and engineering to answer, elevate, and resolve customer technical issues (post-sales).
  • •Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.

Key Requirements

  • •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.
  • •Strong understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, and TCP/IP.
  • •Knowledge of routing, switching, VPN, LAN/WAN, network security, intrusion detection, and anti-virus technologies.
  • •Strong understanding of protocols/technologies including RADIUS, PKI, IKE, certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, firewall, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, and 3DES.
  • •Experience with encryption and authentication technologies.
  • •Strong presentation skills.
  • •Bachelors degree or equivalent experience; graduate degree favorable.
Experience:5-8 years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Presentation skills
Languages:US
Tech Stack:DNSNFSSMTPHTTPTCP/IPRoutingSwitchingVPNLANWANNetwork SecurityIntrusion DetectionAnti VirusRADIUSPKIIKECertificatesL2TPIPSECFIREWALL

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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