Principal Systems Engineer

Job Description:

Detailed Responsibilities:

• Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Sales call - 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 networking applications and solutions.
• SME - be the lead technical contact for sales prospects for technical queries and will work closely with the sales team to answer and drive differentiation messages to win deals.
• Work with the global enterprise solution center at partner’s locations and demonstrate POC’s, Fortinet product integration with the partner’s proposed solution
• Train and enable the solution architects and pre-sales engineers of the partner organization to develop them to be self-sufficient over some time

Required Skills:

8 – 12 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer

• 5 - 7 years experience in SOC/SIEM & Digital Risk Protection, Risk Consulting Solutions
• Strong understanding of Attack Surface Management, Digital Risk Protection, Threat Intelligence, DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP
• Knowledge of the following technologies: Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus.
• Strong understanding of the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES
• Strong communication, and presentation skills

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate degree, MBA preferred.