Systems Engineer

About the Role

Fortinet is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves working closely with a sales representative to provide technical support across all pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales activities. The Systems Engineer will be instrumental in supporting the sales organization by addressing technical matters for enterprise customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all technical aspects of the sales cycle for enterprise customers, from initial RFIs through to RFPs and RFQs as required.
• Manage and actively participate in Proof of Concepts (POCs) in collaboration with internal teams, customers, and commercial partners.
• Understand customer technical requirements to develop solutions that differentiate Fortinet from competitors.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers and partners, working closely with the sales partner.
• Continuously enhance knowledge of Fortinet products and solutions, maintaining an understanding of the competitive landscape and Fortinet's threat protection capabilities.
• Position Fortinet solutions effectively to customers, both remotely and in person, utilizing strong communication skills for presentations, whiteboarding, and technical discussions.
• Manage time efficiently across multiple deals to ensure a positive customer experience.
• Maintain accurate activity, contact, and account technical information for all customers and prospects within Salesforce CRM.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• High aptitude for security technology, particularly encryption and authentication.
• Desirable knowledge includes network security, intrusion detection, anti-virus, routing, switching, LAN, and WAN.
• CISSP accreditation is beneficial.
• Current or previous experience in a pre-sales engineer role, managing end-to-end technical aspects of deals through to technical closure.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and their impact on key wins within previous organizations.
• Proven ability to build and maintain customer relationships and communicate technical information effectively to diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, *, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, and 3DES.

What We Offer

• Excellent training and development opportunities to support success in the role.
• An open working environment that encourages collaborative and transparent knowledge sharing, respecting diverse thoughts and opinions.
• The opportunity to be part of an innovative and collaborative team.
• A competitive salary and incentive compensation package, including stock awards and health and welfare benefits.