Solution Architect - Sase

Solution Architect Engineer – SASE - SDWAN  

Job Description

As a member of the Subject Matter Expert (SME) Engineering Department, you will work closely with the Account Team to position our Portfolio of SDWAN and SASE Solutions including Authentication components, drive field Systems Engineers (SE) in their projects and report product evolution requests to Consulting Systems Engineering (CSE) team.

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, TOI, 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. 
• Advanced Technical understanding of Routing Protocols, specifically BGP 
• Experience in designing Complex Enterprise BGP WAN based network Architectures 
• Experience with SDWAN technology, design, site survey, implementation, and troubleshooting. Fortinet SDWAN or Competition SDWAN certification is a plus. 
• Hands-on experience in NGFW/UTM/Threat prevention
• Knowledge in SASE technology. Competition SASE certification would be a plus.
• Knowledge in some of the following areas of specialization: 
  • IPSec Encryption, Controller Architecture, MPLS, Multicast, NAT, VRF, VoIP, QoS, LTE, 5G (Wireless WAN), Certificate based Authentication, BYOD, Packet Capture/Analysis Tools, SSL/TLS, RADIUS/LDAP, AD, SAML
  • 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 understanding of TCP/IP, Routing, Switching and WLAN, Network Security, SDWAN
• 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.

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