Fortinet Systems Engineer - Public Cloud UAE 

United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai 

521905661

Key role Responsibilities include:

• Member of the public cloud team which covers the International Emerging Markets region
• Second level of pre-sales support, assisting the SE organization:
  • • in responding to RFPs/RFIs: design, solution specification, product information
    • in supporting key projects to ensure Fortinet success
    • in leading technical discussions, articulating the technology and demonstrating differentiated value
    • in conducting compelling solution presentations and demonstrations
    • in conducting Proof Of Concepts (POCs) either directly with the customer, or supporting account SEs or Fortinet partners with the same
• Other responsibilities:
  • • in charge of building technical material to support sales activities and design workshops
    • spread product knowledge to the Fortinet Sales Team and Fortinet Channels in the region
    • point of contact for technical interactions with Public Cloud Providers (AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, Google or AliBaba)
    • participate in seminars as a Public Cloud Subject Matter Expert
    • travel as required in the IEM region
    • being able to self-start and understand the addressable market for your designated technologies (Public Cloud)
    • participate in the development of commercial strategies
    • work closely with Product Managers and peer CSEs to provide your input on product direction and strategy
    • point of contact for the Product Management team: responsible to report and consolidate customer needs across IEM, validate business case, write and prioritize feature requests

Required Skills and Technical Experience:

• Extensive Networking Security pre-sales experience, including hands-on experience
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following public cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Experience in public speaking - excellent presentation and demo skills
• Three to Five years of experience with cloud solutions and/or virtual platforms
• Knowledge in modern software architecture using CI/CD, DevOps tools (Ansible / CloudFormation / Azure ARM), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scalability, and API first strategy
• Working knowledge of Python, Terraform, Yaml or other programming or scripting languages will be an advantage
• Cloud certifications such as CSSP, Azure Security Architect, AWS Solution Architect or GCP Cloud Architect are a plus
• A self-motivated, independent thinker

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in network security industry with 5+ years of experience.