Fortinet Channel Systems Engineer - Wallonia 

Belgium 

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The Systems Engineer's main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre-sales, sales calls.

As a Systems Engineer in the Channel team you will:

• Assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint (Pre-sales)

• Be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer/ educate the customer on issues ranging from features, specifications, and functionality to integration.

• Deliver successful technical presentations, give workshops and demos.

• Team with your CAM’ to create and maintain business plans for your focus partners.

• Share your technical knowledge with customers/partners/events (positive feedback through eval forms).

• Conversant with networking applications and solutions.

• Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.

We Are Looking For:

• An insightful and influential collaborator to join our team. We encourage you to apply for this position if you have the following qualities:
• Excellent French and English language skills.
• It would certainly be an advantage to have already gained experience in Channel organizations.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in pre-sales support with proven success.
• Expert level knowledge in networking (LAN, WIFI, WAN, SDN, routing, switching), and network security (Next-Gen Firewalls, Intrusion Detection, encryption protocols).
• Strong customer focus to address complex technical and business requirements with a self-motivated, positive attitude. Goal-driven, adapting to shifting priorities, demands and timelines.
• Ability to interface with senior levels of internal / external organizations is required.
• Expert-level verbal & written communication, presentation, prioritization, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of the following domains is a plus:

o Security Architectures (e.g. Zero Trust, SASE, SDWAN)
o Modern Software Architectures (e.g. DevOps, IaC)
o Cloud Architectures with at least one public cloud specialization
o Security Operations (e.g. Orchestration, Automation, SIEM Tool

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Graduate degree preferred.