Senior Systems Engineer (Presales) - Netops
Fortinet, Inc. (company site, opens in a new tab)12+ yrsGurugramOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 28–45 LPA
Posted on 17 Sept
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Job description
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About This Role
- Provide second-level pre-sales technical support and lead complex customer engagements involving Fortinet's Secure Networking portfolio (NAC, Wireless, Enterprise Switching, AAA, ZTNA, SD-Branch).
- Conduct technical presentations, demonstrations, Proofs of Concept (POCs), workshops, and hands-on testing to validate network designs and deployments.
- Collaborate with internal teams to consolidate customer requirements, validate business cases, escalate product requests, and provide market and competitive insights for India & SAARC region.
Minimum Requirements
- Minimum 12+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting enterprise wired and wireless networking solutions in senior technical roles such as Senior SE or Consulting SE.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, Computer Applications, or equivalent networking/security experience.
- Strong expertise in NAC (802.1X, MAB, BYOD, IoT onboarding), Wireless technologies (802.11 standards, CAPWAP, WIPS), Enterprise Switching (VLAN, VXLAN, MLAG, QoS), Routing & Network fundamentals (BGP, OSPF, IPv6), and Authentication/AAA protocols (RADIUS, LDAP, SAML).
- Willingness and ability to travel across India on short notice; required to work from office four days per week in Gurgaon/NCR location.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in deep enterprise networking with a focus on pre-sales consulting and conducting POCs rather than general cybersecurity or SD-WAN/SASE roles.
- Strong client-facing skills with ability to handle strategic and complex projects, provide technical leadership, and bridge field sales with internal engineering teams.
- Comfortable working in a collaborative onsite environment with travel requirements, supporting a diverse product portfolio in secure networking technologies at a senior level.