Systems Engineer - AppSec KSA

Application Security Specialist Systems Engineer

Location Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

We are looking for a Application Security Specialist Systems Engineer to work closely with a sales representative in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. The Systems Engineers main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding presales sales calls and postsales.

Fortinet Systems Engineer (SE) is a sales and technical role with focus on customer/partners and is part of the sales organization. The SEs primary responsibility is to support the sales team with technical skills and provide technical knowledge around Fortinet solutions to our customers. Fromtheirperspective our SE is a trusted adviser who proactively learns and understands their technical and business challenges andis able topropose effective solutions to mitigate their concerns/offer gainful SE not onlypresents the technical features but also business benefits in the Technical Value Proposition. To be effective our SE needs to have excellent technical skills and knowledge on both Fortinet products and the ecosystem and environment that we work in.

With us you will

• Lead all technical aspects of a sales cycle with the Enterprise customers from the initial RFIs through to RFPs & RFQs when required. This includes the project management and active participation in POCs in partnership with the relevant teams both internally and within the customer and/or commercial partner.
• Have the ability to listen and to understand the technical requirements of the customer reading between the lines to build a solution which outperforms the competitor offering.
• Be the primary technical point of contact for the customer(s) and partners in close collaboration with your sales partner.
• Continuously strive to improve knowledge around the Fortinet products and solutions along with maintaining a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and Fortinets ability to provide long lasting protection against the everevolving threats.
• Have a strong ability to position Fortinet solutions to the customer whether this be remotely or in person. This requires strong communication skills and the ability to confidently present through whiteboarding technical white papers technical plans or customer discussions.
• Manage your time effectively when working on multiple deals simultaneously ensuring a positive customer experience is maintained.
• Maintain accurate activity contact and account technical information of all customers and prospects in our CRM (Salesforce).

Apply if you

• Have a high aptitude for security technology specifically WAF ADC email security encryption authentication with further knowledge of network security intrusion detection antivirus routing switching LAN and WAN being desirable. The CISSP accreditation would also be beneficial.
• Are currently or have previously worked in a presales engineer role managing end to end technical aspects of deals through to technical closure.
• Can demonstrate your problem solving skills and how this has impacted key wins within your current organization.
• Understand and can demonstrate your ability to build and maintain customer relationships including your ability to effectively communicate technically to a range of both external and internal stakeholders.
• Have a strong understanding ofHTTP/HTTPS SMTP API TCP/IP DNS SAML RADIUS PKI IKE Certificates L2TP IPSEC FIREWALL 802.1Q MD5 SSH SSL SHA1 DES 3DES
• Have experience on web application microservices and container technologies.

What you can expect from us

• Excellent training and development opportunities providing you with all the tools you need to be successful.
• An open working environment sharing knowledge and information collaboratively and transparently with respect to everyones thoughts and opinions.
• The opportunity to be part of an innovative collaborative and winning team.
• A competitive salary and incentive compensation package including stock awards health and welfare benefits.

From the start the Fortinet vision has been to deliver broad truly integrated highperformance security across the IT we secure the largest enterprises service providers 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 everincreasing performance requirements of the borderless network today and into the have proven to be a truly innovative technology driven network security company with over 619 registered Global Patents. This is over 3 times more than our closest most innovative competitor!

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