Sales Engineer, SLED at Fortinet

We are looking for a Systems Engineer, SLED to work closely with a Named Account Manager, SLED in a defined territory. The Systems Engineer's main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.

Responsibilities:

* Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.

* Sales calls - be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer or educate the customer and partner on issues ranging from features, specifications and functionality to integration.

* Conversant with networking applications and solutions.

* Post-sales - be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and will work closely with the technical support team and engineering to answer, elevate and resolve customer's technical issues.

* Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.

Required Skills:

* 1-3 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer

* 3-5 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration

* Proven 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.

* Solid understanding in the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES

* Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required

* Exceptional presentation skills

Education:

* Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable