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Sales Engineer, Enterprise

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Nashville, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 6/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/24/2026

We are looking for a Sr. Systems Engineer to work closely with a Major Account Manager (MAM) selling into the Strategic Hyperscaler territory. The Sr. Systems Engineer's main mission will be to proactively engage within the assigned territory to win technical mindshare, develop and nurture deep and trusted relationships with technical stakeholders and influencers, and work closely with MAM to achieve stated sales targets.

Responsibilities:

  • Proactively develop deep, trusted relationships with technical stakeholder groups.
  • Proactively develop, maintain, and evangelize an account-specific technical point of view that aligns customer’s business or technical goals with Fortinet’s solutions.
  • Proactively drive the pre-sales education and enablement of customer technical stakeholder groups through – Fast Tracks, Labs, Demos, Webinars, PoC’s
  • Serve as primary technical expert in sales calls.
  • Closely partner with assigned MAM to achieve sales targets.
  • Engage in ongoing Fortinet technical training and certification. 

Business Skills:

  • 7 years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer
  • Pre-existing relationships within the Hyperscaler market
  • Excellent presentation skills – confident with technical and executive audiences, able to translate highly complex technical concepts into business terms.
  • Hunter mindset, highly driven and able to proactively engage with customers
  • Understanding of Economics Data Transfer Costs, and Cloud Marketplaces

 

Technical Skills:

  •  5 - 7 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
  • Networking GWLB, TGW, Route Tables
  • Automation Terraform, Python, APIs
  • Lambda, K8S, Serverless technologies
  • Cloud Native Firewall, CNAPP, Application Security
  • Proven 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.
  • Solid 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

Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable

 

Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program. 

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 $200,000 - $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.

 

Salary : $200,000 - $320,000

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