Presales Security Expert – Mid-Market

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About the role

  • Presales Security Expert enabling Fortinet’s cybersecurity solutions for mid-market customers. Designing network security solutions, supporting sales, and resolving post-sales technical issues.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint
  • Serve as the main technical resource on sales calls
  • Educate customers on features, specifications, functionality, and integration
  • Work with networking applications and solutions
  • Apply virtualization, NFV, and emerging SDN technologies
  • Serve as lead technical contact for identified accounts on post-sales technical issues
  • Work with technical support and engineering to answer, escalate, and resolve customer technical issues
  • Provide post-sales training to identified customers
  • Interface with and provide presales support and training to Fortinet channel partners in the region
  • Present at events, seminars, and customer and partner meetings
  • Travel primarily within the designated region, with occasional travel to other regions

Requirements

  • 3–8 years’ experience in technical/pre-sales support as a pre-sales or security expert
  • Experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
  • Ability to design network and security solutions
  • Ability to effectively utilize Visio
  • Ability to create BOMs (Bill of Materials)
  • Knowledge of routing, switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, network security, stateful firewalling, NGFW, firewall policies, identity-based policies, NAT, IPS, AntiMalware, Botnet, application control, DDoS, web filtering, and SDN
  • Strong understanding of 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, and AES
  • Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required
  • Strong technical troubleshooting skills desired
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Strong communication and writing skills
  • Previous experience responding to RFPs is beneficial
  • White board skills are beneficial
  • Technical knowledge of WiFi, load balancing and application delivery, Ethernet switching, ACI, API, two-factor authentication, malware sandboxes, mail gateways, web application firewalling, cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, SDN, NFV, virtualization, centralized management, SIEM, and data center redundancy considered assets
  • Previous vendor or reseller experience is an asset
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Benefits

  • Supportive work environment
  • Competitive Total Rewards package
  • Support for overall health and financial well-being
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Flexible travel within the designated region and occasional travel to other regions

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSAzureCloudDNSSMTPSwitchingTCP/IP

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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