System Engineer For Access Technologies

7 days ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Fortinet Full time

Job Duties :

  • Conduct technical meetings with customers and resellers to highlight Fortinet Access Technologies and solutions (Access Points, Controllers, Switches, Network Access Control and End Point applications).
  • Provide pre-sales technical support to Fortinet Pre-Sales Engineers, Fortinet Sales representatives, Fortinet resellers and distributors, in order to positively influence sales within the region covered (Canada).
  • Travel within the assigned territory (Canada) to ensure all Fortinet Pre-Sales Engineers, distributors, partners and customers, get the appropriate level of attention and care, according to the importance of the accounts.
  • Coordinate and run demo labs or proof-of-concepts required by Fortinet Pre-Sales Engineers, in order to shorten the sales cycle and effectively highlight Fortinet advantages over competitors.
  • Create/Modify/Translate competitive documentation that can show in a convincing way, why Fortinet has a superior technology and product portfolio versus competitors, highlighting benefits to customers.
  • Give proper follow-up to VIP projects and promptly report any advances or potential issues, so the sales counterpart can be aware and proactively work on the next step.
  • Provide assistance on Site-Surveys and post-sales support cases, when customer relevance or project importance demands so.
  • Assist Fortinet Pre-Sales engineers and Fortinet resellers to perform technical design of security access solutions for customers. Recommend the best technical solution for a given scenario, in order to provide high quality products and services to Fortinet customers.
  • Support educational efforts (both in-classroom and remote via Webinars) targeted to keep a high degree of knowledge about Fortinet's solutions, to Fortinet Pre-Sales engineers, partners, resellers and distributor base.
  • Create technical documents and/or presentations that can help the partner base to perform better/quicker/more impressive demonstrations, to effectively show Fortinet's Wireless Technologies products strengths.
  • Create/Modify/translate presentations as needed to effectively deliver Fortinet's message to any type of audience.
  • Be a spokesperson, appropriately representing the company at public conferences, media and partner/Fortinet driven events.
  • Work with Corporate and Field Marketing teams, to help understand specific market needs in order to drive the appropriate activities that can impact positively market's perception towards Fortinet.
  • Participate and be part of the feedback process to Research and Development, on information that flows from customers, partners and distributors, regarding potential improvements in Fortinet product line.
  • Be part of the internal engineering communities (Tech Teams, mailing lists, Partner Forums) and assist others within or outside the region, in order to make Fortinet more successful as a company.
  • Take internal or external trainings as needed (including self-training modules) in order to keep product knowledge at the best possible, and be an expert resource for resellers, partners, distributors and other peers.

Job Experience / Abilities Required:


  • Deep technical knowledge on computer networks and Internet security.
  • Strong understanding of common TCP/IP Service Protocols, such as ICMP, DNS, FTP, SMTP, HTTP, SNMP, SSH.
  • Strong understanding in the following technologies and protocols: PPTP, L2TP, 802.1q, 802.1x, SSL, IKE, IPSec, 3DES, AES, SHA-1, MD5.
  • At least 5 years of experience in pre-sales for a network infrastructure, WLAN company.
  • Wireless domain experience - RF propagation, protocol and security required.
  • Experience as operating systems administrator, either Microsoft Windows Sever or UNIX flavors/variants.
  • Experience with authentication systems such as LDAP, RADIUS, TACACS+, Active Directory, Digital Certificates / PKI.
  • At least 2 product certifications on Networking, Firewalls, VPNs, IPS, Antivirus, AntiSpam, URL Filtering or Vulnerability Managers; that can be from Fortinet or from other competitor products is a plus.
  • At least 2 years of experience on engineering presales activities, including: Sales meetings, Proof-of-concepts, Technical trainings, product sizing, solution design, assisting on creating sales proposals (with sales persons) and answering RFPs / public bids.
  • Previous experience (at least one year) working with End Users on the assigned territory ( Canada ).
  • Oral and written communications in
    French/Spanish is a plus.
  • Strong analytical skills oriented to details.
  • Ability to be autodidact and learn new knowledge areas on his/her own.
  • Proven track as problem solver.
  • Highly organized. Capable of working and multi-tasking across multiple projects.
  • Exceptional presenter. Strong ability to present to audiences of all sizes, either at technical level or management level (up to C-level).
  • Self-motivated, with ability to work without direct supervision.
  • Adaptable and flexible, operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Ability to work and take quick decisions under pressure.
  • Availability to travel up to 50% of the time.
  • Availability to travel on short notice.
  • An independent information/network/computer security certification from CWNP, SANS, (ISC)2, ISACA, BS7799/ISO17799 is a plus.
  • Demonstrated experience working on distributed teams is a plus.
  • Previous experience working with channels and/or with an assigned quota, a plus.

Other Job Requirements :


Bachelor / Engineering degree on Computer Science, Electronics or Telecommunications granted by a University recognized by the local Education System and/or Education Authority.

Must be a citizen or be legal resident and have a valid working visa for Canada

Must currently live in Toronto or Ottawa.

Organizational

Direct Reports:
None.

Reports to:
Leandro Werder. Director, Sales Engineering - Secure Access Technologies - Canada, LATAM and Caribbean

#LI-KJ1Fortinet (

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 features 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 450,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.






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Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

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