Regional Sales Engineer, SLED

Fortinet • Nashville, TN

7h

About The Position

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to work closely with multiple Regional Account Managers in the regional territory. The role supports the sales organization on technical matters across pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales. The engineer serves as a technical resource for customers and partners, helps resolve customer technical issues in coordination with technical support and engineering, and provides post-sales training to identified customers.

The position offers an opportunity to work at the intersection of cybersecurity strategy, executive engagement, and customer success, influencing large-scale enterprise organizations as they modernize operations and adopt security solutions.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in technical or pre-sales support as a sales engineer or systems engineer.
• 3–5 years of experience administering LAN/WAN/Internet services.
• Proven understanding of DNS, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, and TCP/IP.
• Knowledge of routing, switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, network security, intrusion detection, and antivirus technologies.
• Solid understanding of RADIUS, PKI, IKE, certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, firewall, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, and 3DES.
• Experience with encryption and authentication technologies.
• Exceptional presentation skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree is favorable.

Responsibilities

• Assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Serve as the main technical resource on sales calls, answering questions and educating customers and partners about features, specifications, functionality, and integration.
• Apply knowledge of networking applications and solutions.
• Act as the lead technical contact for identified accounts on post-sales technical issues, working with technical support and engineering to answer, escalate, and resolve customer issues.
• Provide post-sales training to identified customers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level