Systems Engineer - Hungary

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Budapest, HUN
In-Office
Mid level
Security • Software • Cybersecurity
The Role
Lead technical aspects of the sales cycle and POCs for Fortinet security solutions, translate customer requirements into designs, act as primary technical contact with customers and partners, maintain CRM records, and present solutions through whiteboarding, technical plans, and demonstrations.
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Our Team


The Fortinet Systems Engineering team is a group of technically skilled and commercially astute professionals, who are passionate about solving our customer’s challenges through the delivery of industry leading Cybersecurity solutions.


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 security technology, specifically encryption, authentication, with further knowledge of network security, intrusion detection, anti-virus, routing, switching, LAN and WAN being desirable. 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 RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES 

 

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.

Fortinet

 

From the start, the Fortinet vision has been to deliver broad, truly integrated, high-performance security across the IT infrastructure.  Today, we secure the largest enterprises, service providers 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 have proven to be a truly innovative technology driven network security company with over 619 registered Global Patents. This is over 3 times more than our closest most innovative competitor!


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Skills Required

  • Experience in a pre-sales engineer role managing end-to-end technical aspects of deals through to technical closure
  • Strong knowledge of encryption and authentication technologies (MD5, SHA1, DES, 3DES, SSL, SSH)
  • Deep understanding of network security, intrusion detection, anti-virus, routing, switching, LAN and WAN
  • Hands-on experience with RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q
  • Ability to lead technical aspects of sales cycles including RFIs, RFPs/RFQs, POCs and project management
  • Excellent technical communication and presentation skills for customers and internal stakeholders
  • Proven problem solving with demonstrated impact on sales or key wins
  • Ability to build and maintain customer relationships and act as primary technical contact
  • Maintain accurate activity, contact, and account technical information in CRM (Salesforce)
  • Familiarity with Fortinet products and competitive landscape
  • CISSP accreditation

Fortinet Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fortinet and has not been reviewed or approved by Fortinet.

  • Affordable Benefits Medical coverage includes a no-premium HDHP option with HSA funding alongside PPO/HMO choices, reducing employee costs at enrollment. Eligibility starts on the date of hire and includes company-paid life and disability coverage.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Mental-health access through Modern Health and an EAP offers therapy, coaching, and counseling resources. Lifestyle extras such as legal assistance, commuter benefits, pet-insurance discounts, and subsidized meals and snacks enhance everyday support.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Compensation packages include annual bonuses, sales commissions, and stock awards. Earnings potential can be strong in sales when quotas are realistic and attainment is high.

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The Company
HQ: Sunnyvale, CA
10,357 Employees
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

Fortinet develops and sells cybersecurity solutions.

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