As a member of the Subject Matter Expert SME Engineering Department you will work closely with the Account Team to position our Portfolio of Secure Networking Solutions consisting of NAC Wireless Switches Identity and Access Management AAA and Voice solution components drive field Systems Engineers SE in their projects and report product evolution requests to Consulting Systems Engineering CSE team If you believe you have more than 12 years of Hands-on experience in designing implementing and troubleshooting Wired and Wireless Enterprise products come join our Subject Matter Expert SME team to experience a next-level in your career with our Network Security solutions Responsibilities Member of the SME team which covers India region India SAARC Region Expected to work from the office three days per week This enables collaboration with the extended teams fostering trusted relationship and teamwork Second level of pre-sales support assisting the field SE organization in responding to RFPs RFIs design solution specification product information in supporting key projects to ensure Fortinet s success in leading technical discussions articulating the technology and demonstrating differentiated value in conducting compelling solution presentations demonstrations and POC Proof of Concept Hands on assistance Responsible for building technical materials to support sales activities slideware solution brief white papers success stories technical notes competitive comparison etc and designing Internal workshops Perform External workshops PoCs for prospects or customers on product evaluations and do demonstrations in collaboration with Account SE Perform hands-on tests to validate network designs customer proof-of-concept setups and network deployments for new products and feature Effectively disseminate product knowledge to the Sales Team and Channel Point of contact for the CSE team responsible to report and consolidate customer needs across India region validate business cases write and escalate feature requests Report project activities analyze project trends and provide market vision Participate in the development of commercial strategies Ability to Travel at a short notice as required within India region Collect information on competitive solutions products and services and update the Channel and Account team Requirements At least 10 years of experience in a Senior SE Consulting SE Technical role within the Networking or IT Security industries Vendor and SI experience Expertise in designing proposing demonstrating and conducting Proof of Concept for Network Access Control NAC solution to customers Experience with Wireless technology design site survey implementation and troubleshooting Proficiency in designing and proposing DataCenter Campus and Branch switching solutions Experience in Identity and Access management solutions AAA solutions related to NAC Wireless and switches Knowledge of pitching ZTNA technology SD-Branch Switching VXLAN MCLAG ACL s QOS Port Security 802 1x authentication Stacking IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tagging IEEE 802 3af at bt PoE budget calculations IEEE 802 3ad ax ae LLDP MED MAC Sec STP RADIUS CoA DHCP Snooping IEEE 802 3z ab ae az bz ba bg bm Split port Port Fast Private VLAN Storm Control LoopGuard IEEE 802 1ad QinQ IGMP Dhcp snooping Strong fundamental understanding of TCP IP IPv6 Switching WLAN Network Security and Authentication Advanced Technical understanding of Routing Protocols specifically OSPF BGP Experience in IP Voice solutions would be an added advantage Hands-on experience in NGFW UTM Threat prevention Knowledge in some of the following areas of specialization Basic knowledge of MDM solutions IoT solutions MAC Address Bypass LAN Micro-segmentation SNMP MIB OIDs etc Wireless Must have deep understanding in IEEE 802 11a b g n ac ax be IEEE 802 11e h i k r v CAPWAP BLE Zigbee EAP-TLS EAP-TTLS MSCHAPv2 PEAPv0 EAP-MSCHAPv2 PEAPv1 EAP-GTC EAP-SIM EAP-AKA EAP-RAPID WPA TM WPA2 TM and WPA3 TM with 802 11 Wireless Controller Architecture campus and remote AP deployment Basic understanding of Wireless spectrum analyser and WIPS OFDMA Spatial Reuse UL MU-MIMO DL- MU-MIMO AAA RADIUS and LDAP Authentication Certificate based authentication for wired and wireless deployment SAML authentication Single Sign-On User Identification Methods Two-factor authentication Onboarding techniques of BYOD and IOT devices IPSec Encryption Basics on IPv6 Multicast NAT VRF VoIP QoS LTE 5G Packet Capture Analysis Tools SSL TLS Scripting knowledge using Python Bash PowerShell Golang or alternative Administrative knowledge of Linux Knowledge of Public Cloud concepts in technologies like GCP Azure and AWS Knowledge of Private Cloud concepts in technologies like VMWare and KVM Strong presentation skills to executives consulting skills Demonstrate extensive hands-on level skills in deploying and troubleshooting complex networks Setup labs to learn and evaluate new technologies Excellent written and verbal communication skills A self-motivated independent thinker An ability to manage multiple tasks and opportunities by prioritizing them efficiently generate product demand at a large scale and be self-motivated Must be a team player and have exceptional communication skills Bachelor s Engineering degree in Computer Science Information Technology Electronics Computer Application or equivalent experience in network security industry Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer We will only notify shortlisted candidates Fortinet will not entertain any unsolicited resumes please refrain from sending them to any Fortinet employees or Fortinet email aliases Should any Agency submit any resumes to Fortinet these resumes if considered will be assumed to have been given by the Agency free of any related fees charges LI-JS1

📌 Principal Systems Engineer - Netops (Maharashtra)
🏢 Fortinet
📍 Maharashtra