Fortinet · 22 hours ago
Sales Engineer, SLED
Hartford, CT, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$205K/yr - $330K/yr
5+ years expFortinet is a leading cybersecurity company that secures enterprise, service provider, and government organizations globally. They are seeking a Systems Engineer, SLED to support the sales organization in technical matters related to pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales activities.
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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
Qualification
Required
5 – 8 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer aligned with SLED accounts with a preference of experience selling into CT state agencies
5 - 7 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
Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
Preferred
Graduate Degree favorable
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
11 paid holidays
Vacation time
Sick time
Comprehensive leave program
Fortinet equity program
Commissions based on the terms of the Sales Compensation Plan
Company
Fortinet
Fortinet is a provider of network security appliances that include firewalls, security gateways, and complementary products. It is a sub-organization of Fortinet Federal.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$89MKey Investors
Meritech Capital PartnersDEFTA Partners
2009-11-18IPO
2004-03-03Series Unknown· $50M
2003-08-29Series D· $30M
Leadership Team
Ken Xie
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Xie
Founder, President & CTO
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