Jobs at Fortinet in United States, San Antonio

Responsibilities:

• Assist in qualifying sales leads from an Engineering standpoint.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and sales teams.
• Lead technically sales meetings with customers to understand their Cybersecurity challenges and requirements and align them to Fortinet solutions and services.
• Be the main technical resource on sales meetings to answer and collaborate with customers around Fortinet solutions features, specifications, and functionalities.
• Build cybersecurity solutions and Bill of Materials aligned to customers’ needs and requirements.
• Conduct technical presentations of Fortinet products and solutions.
• Lead the technical sales activities like assisting partners with RFPs, RFIs, demonstrations, Proof of Concepts, ensuring Fortinet’s solutions exceed customer expectations.
• Act as the primary technical contact for customers and partners, collaborating closely with Account Managers, demonstrating Fortinet’s valued proposition.
• Be able to clearly understand, articulate and deliver Fortinet’s value proposition, to customers and partners.
• Be a presenter in internal or external meetings, like events, Executive Briefing Centers (EBCs), Marketing activities, or any market positioning activity.
• Manage multiple opportunities effectively while maintaining exceptional customer experiences, with a great report within internal tools.
• Proactively manage internal and external communications including calls, emails and chats based on the predefined SLAs.
• Stay ahead of cybersecurity trends and Fortinet’s product offerings.

Required Skills and experience:

• 3+ years of experience in Security Operations Teams (Blue Team, Red Team, SOC Manager, Senior SOC Analyst).
• 3+ years in Network Security (LAN/WAN and WLAN Admin/Manager) with experience with NGFW/SDWAN technologies, Large Campus and Datacenter Networking solutions.
• 2+ Years of experience in pre-sales engineering roles is a plus.
• Deep understanding of enterprise network security architectures, industry cybersecurity frameworks, and regulations such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, COBIT, PCI-DSS, FERPA, HIPAA and Zero Trust.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Cybersecurity and Network Architectures. Knowledge of the following concepts: Network Security, Security Operations, Cloud Technologies, Secure Access Service Edge, Network Access Control.
• Strong understanding in the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, LDAP, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, VXLAN, IPSEC, 802.1Q, AES, SSH, TLS/SSL, SHA.
• Understanding of Private and Public Cloud environments like VMWare, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI, Nutanix.
• Experience with modern encryption, authentication and IAM technologies
• Strong understanding in the following solutions: SIEM, SOAR, EPP, is a plus
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Professional proficient in English, being able to effectively participate in technical discussions, internal and external meetings, and written communication.

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, CEH, GSEC, OSCP, TOGAF or other professional level credentials/accreditations are a plus.
• Fortinet Certifications (FCP, FCSS, FCX) are a plus
• Cloud Certifications from a well-known vendor is a plus.

The NAM will drive contact and relationships with customers (new and established), meet sales objectives and targets, move prospects through the discovery and proof-of-concept phases, and meet established sales goals and quota per plan objectives. They will develop and execute strategies and sales tactics in the following areas: territory planning, outbound lead generation, relationship development, pricing, negotiations, closing, and managing contracts. You will be required to diligently track all customer interactions in our CRM system and maintain a disciplined sales process and forecast hygiene.

Role Responsibilities:

• Drive growth across Fortinet’s [
  AI-Driven SecOps | Unified SASE | CNAPP
  ] business through external customer engagement as well as enablement of regional field sales teams.
• Understand the business goals of our partners, customers, and prospects to effectively communicate our market strategy.
• Drive pipeline development of 3-5X assigned quota.
• Maintain a high level of daily activity including end-user calls, partner calls, and field sales cadence calls.
• Qualify new opportunities, overcome objections, competitively position, negotiate and close business over the phone, via Zoom and in-person.
• Learn the Fortinet products to confidently demo the platform to customers.
• Execute a highly disciplined and metric-driven sales process.
• Provide accurate sales forecasts and activity metrics in CRM.
• Maintain a high level of relevant technical & industry knowledge.
• The NAM is required to spend more than 50% of their time outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.

Role Experience & Qualifications:

• BA/BS required.
• 5+ years of experience in an individual quota carrying capacity.
• Experience in a high-velocity, monthly-driven SaaS environment.
• Experience selling security and application monitoring solutions
• Experience managing the entire sales cycle from prospecting to close.
• Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new customers.
• Successful track record and driving consistent activity, pipeline development and quota achievement.
• Expertise in a disciplined sales process, forecasting, and qualification methodologies.
• Highly motivated, driven and self-directed individual with grit.
• Excellent communication, persuasive, and listening skills.

Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. On target earnings for this position is expected to be $288,700 - $320,000 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

With us you will

• Lead all technical aspects of a sales cycle with the customer, 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 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).

Apply if you

• Have a high aptitude for Cybersecurity, including but not limited to the different Cybersecurity domains such as Network, Security Information and Event Management, Endpoint security , Incident response and Forensics. The CISSP accreditation would also be beneficial.
• Are currently or have previously worked in a pre-sales 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 organisation.
• 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 of firewall, intrusion prevention, sandboxing, encryption and hashing, and be familiar with ZTA

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 everyone’s 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.

• Pre-sales - assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Sales calls - be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer/ educate the customer on issues ranging from features, specifications and functionality to integration.
• Conversant with networking applications and solutions.
• Post-sales - be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and will work closely with the technical support team and engineering to answer, elevate and resolve customer's technical issues.
• Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.

Required Skills:

• 5 – 8 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer
• 5 - 8 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
• Strong understanding of DNS and NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP
• Knowledge of the following technologies: Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus.
• Strong understanding in the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES
• Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required
• Strong presentation skills

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Meet or exceed all assigned quotas and targets while forecasting weekly, monthly and quarterly revenues for the assigned account set and overall territory
• Meet or exceed the required number of face-to-face meetings each month with customers and partners in territory to identify new opportunities and grow existing opportunities.
• Full participation in all team activities for enablement, forecasting, partner updates, partner sales efforts and recognition.
• Create and track sales opportunities (leads, renewals, deal registrations and quotes in Salesforce.com)
• Address any customer satisfaction issues and/or requests in a timely manner
• Drive sales cycles to close while establishing relationships and credibility, and provide necessary presales support for prospects & customers.
• Work closely with your local Channel Account Manager (CAM) and our reseller partner network to drive deals, increase revenue, and enable channel partners’ success in the Mid-Market segment.
• Follow up on inbound, web and corporate event leads
• Accept inbound and perform outbound prospecting activities to identify new sales opportunities.
• Meet and exceed the sales activity metrics designed to make you productive and successful.
• Lead customer presentation and demos via online tools (GO TO MEETING)
• Perform ongoing analysis and report on opportunities that are supported
• Act as a liaison between partner, customers, and appropriate Fortinet team members
• Perform other duties and projects, as assigned to support the growth or our business
• Execute the role with the utmost professionalism and in a way that aligns to Fortinet’s core values

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Coachable and flexible
• 1+ years of field sales experience in the B2B technology space
• Working knowledge of the businesses and partners in the local territory
• Ability to run productive customer-facing and partner-facing meetings while providing timely and relevant written follow up
• A proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales quotas and targets
• Understanding of the sales cycle in conjunction with business processes internally and externally
• Ability to manage and drive sales cycles from start to finish, which includes experience with managing and forecasting individual quota
• Self-driven and able to manage a diverse, high volume workload
• Ability to quickly build productive relationships in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
• Be computer savvy
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Well organized with effective time and activity management skills
• Ability to apply entrepreneurial strengths in a driven, forward-thinking manner
• Ability to close business while achieving a high level of customer and partner satisfaction
• Execute the role with the utmost professionalism and in a way that aligns to Fortinet’s core values
• The Regional Account Manager is required to spend more than 50% of their time outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.

Preferred Qualifications

• Public/private cloud experience is a plus
• Experience with multi-tier distribution a plus.
• Experience in networking, security and/or public/private cloud a plus

Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. On target earnings for this position is expected to be $170,000 - $190,000 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.