What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Sales Engineer position at Fortinet?
We are looking for a Regional Systems Engineer to work closely with a sales representative in a defined territory. The Regional 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 / educate the customer 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 :
5 - 8 years experience in technical / pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer
5 - 7 years experience in LAN / WAN / Internet services administration
5 - 7 years of experience with Wireless technologies, deploying, supporting and doing site surveys.
Strong understanding of Wireless Authentication technologies
Strong 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.
Strong 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
Strong presentation skills
Fluent in English
The Regional Systems Engineer is required to customarily and regularly work outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.
Education :
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate degree preferred.
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