Fortinet

1 day ago

Systems Engineer - Public Sector

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Job Summary

Serve as a technical advisor and trusted partner to Public Sector organizations across Italy, including government, healthcare, education, and law enforcement. Lead technical engagement for RFIs/RFPs/RFQs and coordinate Proof of Concept activities. Translate customer requirements into secure, scalable solutions, maintain Fortinet portfolio expertise (Zero Trust, cloud security, SOC modernization, endpoint protection), and communicate value through workshops, documentation, and architectural discussions while tracking activity in Salesforce.

Location: Rome

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

•Lead all technical aspects of the customer engagement process, including responses to RFIs, RFPs/RFQs, and coordination of Proof of Concept activities.
•Interpret and translate customer technical requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient solutions.
•Act as the primary technical contact for Public Sector customers and work with the aligned sales team to support account strategy and long-term success.
•Maintain deep knowledge of Fortinet’s portfolio, including solutions for secure networking, Zero Trust, cloud security, SOC modernization, and endpoint protection.
•Stay informed on cybersecurity threats, regulatory frameworks, and compliance requirements relevant to the Italian Public Sector, including NIS2, GDPR, AGID guidelines, and ACN directives; communicate value via presentations, whiteboarding, workshops, documentation, and architectural discussions.

Key Requirements

•Strong understanding of cybersecurity technologies such as encryption, authentication, network security, intrusion prevention, malware protection, routing, switching, and LAN/WAN.
•Experience in a pre-sales engineering role, ideally supporting Public Sector or regulated industries.
•Ability to address complex challenges and design solutions for secure, resilient, and compliant operations.
•Excellent communication skills for translating complex technical topics to technical, operational, and executive audiences.
•Familiarity with technologies and protocols including RADIUS, PKI, IKE, certificates, L2TP, IPsec, firewall, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, and 3DES.

Experience:Public sectorCybersecurityRegulated industries

Skills:CommunicationCollaboration

Certifications:CISSP

Tech Stack:SalesforceZero TrustEncryptionAuthenticationNetwork securityIntrusion preventionMalware protectionRoutingSwitchingLAN/WANRADIUSPKIIKECertificatesL2TPIPsecFirewall802.1QMD5SSH

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 day ago

Systems Engineer - Public Sector

✓ Verified Job

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

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 9 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Rome

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

•Lead all technical aspects of the customer engagement process, including responses to RFIs, RFPs/RFQs, and coordination of Proof of Concept activities.
•Interpret and translate customer technical requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient solutions.
•Act as the primary technical contact for Public Sector customers and work with the aligned sales team to support account strategy and long-term success.
•Maintain deep knowledge of Fortinet’s portfolio, including solutions for secure networking, Zero Trust, cloud security, SOC modernization, and endpoint protection.
•Stay informed on cybersecurity threats, regulatory frameworks, and compliance requirements relevant to the Italian Public Sector, including NIS2, GDPR, AGID guidelines, and ACN directives; communicate value via presentations, whiteboarding, workshops, documentation, and architectural discussions.

Key Requirements

•Strong understanding of cybersecurity technologies such as encryption, authentication, network security, intrusion prevention, malware protection, routing, switching, and LAN/WAN.
•Experience in a pre-sales engineering role, ideally supporting Public Sector or regulated industries.
•Ability to address complex challenges and design solutions for secure, resilient, and compliant operations.
•Excellent communication skills for translating complex technical topics to technical, operational, and executive audiences.
•Familiarity with technologies and protocols including RADIUS, PKI, IKE, certificates, L2TP, IPsec, firewall, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, and 3DES.

Experience:Public sectorCybersecurityRegulated industries

Skills:CommunicationCollaboration

Certifications:CISSP

Tech Stack:SalesforceZero TrustEncryptionAuthenticationNetwork securityIntrusion preventionMalware protectionRoutingSwitchingLAN/WANRADIUSPKIIKECertificatesL2TPIPsecFirewall802.1QMD5SSH

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