Specialist Systems Engineer – Cloud
Our Team
The Fortinet Systems Engineering team is a group of technically skilled and commercially astute professionals, who are passionate about solving our customer’s challenges through the delivery of industry leading Cybersecurity solutions.
We are looking for an SSE (Specialist Systems Engineer) working in a dedicated overlay Team, mainly with our business developers, sales representatives, and field Systems Engineers. The Cloud SSE main mission will be to support the sales, presales and channel organization in all Cloud technical matters regarding PoC’s, pre-sales, sales calls.
Your Key Responsibilities
Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint, of Cloud. This could also include the cyber security compliance, laws, regulations, etc. that map to our Fortinet products. Sales calls - be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer/ educate the customer on issues ranging from features, specifications, and functionality to integration. Conversant with Cloud, Information Technology, L1 to L7 networking, cyber security applications and solutions. Generate incremental Cloud revenue and growth through key partners and the broader channel. Establish productive, professional relationships with key personnel, decision makers and influencers in customers, partners, alliances, and Fabric-Ready-Partners. Manage your time effectively when working on multiple deals simultaneously, ensuring a positive customer experience is maintained. Maintain accurate activity, contact, and account technical information of all customers and prospects in our CRM. Input into the development of ICS oriented solutions and services. Identify and drive early engagement/alignment on large Cloud projects.Required Skills & Experience
Hands-on experience with Cloud solutions Experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales and/or systems engineer Experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration Knowledge of the key Industrial Security Policies, Standards, and Guidelines (IEC 62443, NIST CSF, CIS Top 20, ISO 27XXX, NERC-CIP) Strong understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP Knowledge of the following technologies: Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus. Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required Experience in building business with customers and partners. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to speak English fluently. Excellent presentation skills. Excellent planning, organizational and coordination skills. Candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Self-starter, team player.What you can expect from us
Excellent training and development opportunities, providing you with all the tools you need to be successful. An open working environment, sharing knowledge and information collaboratively and transparently, with respect to everyone’s thoughts and opinions. The opportunity to be part of an innovative, collaborative, and winning team. A market competitive salary package, including stock awards, and opportunity to over-achieve.Fortinet
From the start, the Fortinet vision has been to deliver broad, truly integrated, high-performance security across the IT infrastructure. Today, we secure the largest enterprises, service providers and government organizations around the world.
Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network – today and into the future. We have proven to be a truly innovative technology driven network security company with over 1279 registered Global Patents. This is over 3 times more than our closest most innovative competitor!