Inside Sales Engineer

Fortinet is a leading cybersecurity company that secures enterprise, service provider, and government organizations globally. They are seeking an Inside Sales Engineer to support the sales organization in technical matters related to pre-sales and customer success, ensuring customer needs align with Fortinet solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Assess customer project requirements
• Align client needs with appropriate Fortinet solutions
• Partner with internal peers to pursue sales opportunities
• Supply Networking/Security guidance in the pre-sale's engagements
• Cross team collaboration
• Continuous self-improvement and learning to keep technical leadership of applicable technologies (data center, SDN (Software Defined Networking), public cloud, security, networking, etc.)
• Ensure ongoing customer success, support, and growth

Requirements:

• 1-year relevant pre/post-sales experience and bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field subject
• 3 years' experience in a related field
• The Inside 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
• A strong proficiency in: Cybersecurity fundamentals, including common cybersecurity issues, threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities
• Principles of cyber threat management and incident response
• Networking fundamentals including the OSI model and specifics of common network protocols
• Critical thinking
• Professional communication and presentation
• General knowledge of at least 2 of the following: Network Operations, Breach Detection and Prevention, Security Operations, DevOps, Wired and wireless Access, Identity and Access Management, Public and private cloud, Web content and security acceleration