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Inside Presales Security Expert, Territory Account ManagerFortinet Fortinet delivers cybersecurity everywhere you need it. We secure the entire digital attack surface from devices, data, and apps and from data center to home office. View company page We are looking for a PreSales Security Expert to work closely with a sales representative in a defined territory. The PreSales Security Experts main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls, customer POCs (proof of concepts) and post-sales. There will be a strong focus towards Carrier and Service Provider accounts in the designated region.Responsibilities:Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.Sales calls - 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.Experience with virtualization, NFV and emerging SDN technologiesPost-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 customers technical issues.Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.Regularly interface, provides presales support and assist in training Fortinet Channel partners in your region.Presenting at events, seminars, customer and partner meetingsFlexible to travel.Travel will primarily be within the SEs designated region, but may also include occasional travel to other regions.Required Skills:3 – 8 years’ experience in technical/pre-sales support as a pre-sales or security expert5 - 7 years’ experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administrationAbility to design network and security solutions, effectively utilize Visio, ability to create BOMs (Bill of Materials)Knowledge of the following 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, SDNStrong understanding in the following 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, AESExperience with encryption and authentication technologies requiredStrong technical troubleshooting skills desiredStrong communication and writing skills.Previous experience on responding to RFPs is beneficial.White board 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 assetsPrevious Vendor or Reseller experience is an assetEducation:Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experienceWe are looking for a PreSales Security Expert to work closely with a sales representative in a defined territory. The PreSales Security Experts main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls, customer POCs (proof of concepts) and post-sales. There will be a strong focus towards Carrier and Service Provider accounts in the designated region.Responsibilities:Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.Sales calls - 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.Experience with virtualization, NFV and emerging SDN technologiesPost-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 customers technical issues.Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.Regularly interface, provides presales support and assist in training Fortinet Channel partners in your region.Presenting at events, seminars, customer and partner meetingsFlexible to travel.Travel will primarily be within the SEs designated region, but may also include occasional travel to other regions.Required Skills:3 – 8 years’ experience in technical/pre-sales support as a pre-sales or security expert5 - 7 years’ experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administrationAbility to design network and security solutions, effectively utilize Visio, ability to create BOMs (Bill of Materials)Knowledge of the following 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, SDNStrong understanding in the following 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, AESExperience with encryption and authentication technologies requiredStrong technical troubleshooting skills desiredStrong presentation skillsStrong communication and writing skills.Previous experience on responding to RFPs is beneficial.White board 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 assetsPrevious Vendor or Reseller experience is an assetEducation:Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experienceFortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@fortinet.com.Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. 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