Presales Security Expert – Mid-Market

🕒 September 10

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔍 Pre-sales Engineer

👻 Ghost score 11%

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Fortinet

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10,000+ employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

💰 $6.5M Series B on 2005-01

Cybersecurity • SaaS • B2B

Fortinet is a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions, focusing on securing networks, applications, and data across various environments. The company offers a comprehensive platform that includes advanced threat protection, secure access service edge (SASE), and networking solutions, all integrated into a single point of management. With a commitment to innovation and efficiency, Fortinet serves a wide range of industries, securing over 700,000 enterprise customers and government organizations globally.

📋 Description

• 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