Systems Engineer at Fortinet

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, 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 ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Systems Engineer

Job Identification: 19982
Location: Lagos
Job type: Fill-time
Job Category: Systems Engineering

Job Description

• We are looking for a Systems Engineer to work closely with a sales representative in a defined territory.
• The Systems Engineer's main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls, and post-sales.

Responsibilities
With us, you will:

• Lead all technical aspects of a sales cycle with 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's 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 Fortinet’s ability to provide long-lasting protection against the ever-evolving 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).

Requirements
Apply if you:

• Have solid experience in cybersecurity, networking, SOC and DevOps. 
• Strong commercial acumen is a must.
• Currently works or has previously worked in a pre-sales engineer role, managing end-to-end technical aspects of deals, through to technical closure.
• 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.
• Fluency in English is a must.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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