[Hiring] Presales Security Expert @Fortinet

Role Description

As a Presales Security Expert Mid-Market at Fortinet, you will:

• Assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Be the main technical resource on sales calls and educate the customer on issues ranging from features, specifications, and functionality to integration.
• Be conversant with networking applications and solutions.
• Have experience with virtualization, NFV, and emerging SDN technologies.
• Be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and work closely with the technical support team and engineering to resolve customer technical issues.
• Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.
• Regularly interface, provide presales support, and assist in training Fortinet Channel partners in your region.
• Present at events, seminars, customer, and partner meetings.
• Be flexible to travel primarily within the SEs designated region, with occasional travel to other regions.

Qualifications

• 5 – 8 years’ experience in technical/pre-sales support as a pre-sales or security expert.
• Experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration.
• Ability to design network and security solutions and effectively utilize Visio.
• Ability to create BOMs (Bill of Materials).
• Knowledge of technologies: Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Stateful Firewalling, NGFW, Firewall policies, Identity-based policies, NAT, IPS, AntiMalware, Botnet, Application Control, DDoS, Web Filtering, SDN.
• Strong understanding of technologies and protocols: TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, supernetting and subnetting, DNS, HTTP, SMTP, RADIUS, LDAP, Active Directory, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, SSL Decryption, SSL VPN, IPSEC, 802.1Q, VLANs, LACP, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, SHA512, 3DES, AES.
• Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required.
• Strong technical troubleshooting skills desired.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong communication and writing skills; previous experience responding to RFPs is beneficial.
• Whiteboard skills are beneficial.
• Technical knowledge in Wifi, Load Balancing and Application Delivery, Ethernet Switching, ACI, API, Two Factor Auth, Malware Sandboxes, Mail Gateways, Web Application Firewalling, Cloud (AWS, Azure, etc), SDN, NFV, Virtualization, Centralized Management, SIEM, and Data Center redundancy are considered assets.
• Previous Vendor or Reseller experience is an asset.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Health Spending Account and Personal Spending Account for flexibility.
• Employee & Family Assistance Plan (EFAP) for various services like counseling and legal advice.
• Critical illness, disability, and life insurance.
• Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with a company match.
• Competitive Paid Time Off and flexible leave policies, including paid health days.
• All roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program.
• Bonus eligibility reviewed at time of hire and annually at the Company’s discretion.