Fortinet
Sales Engineer, Enterprise
$200K–$240K
San Francisco, CA · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jun 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5–8 years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Partners with enterprise sales teams to design cybersecurity solutions, advise customers on security strategy, and guide technical evaluations and post-sales alignment.
What you'll do
- Qualify sales opportunities, lead customer discovery and assessments, and design and present secure architectures and solution demonstrations.
- Advise enterprise customers on cybersecurity strategies, including Zero Trust, SASE, cloud security, and SecOps modernization.
- Coordinate post-sale transitions and provide roadmap guidance and ongoing strategic reviews.
What they ask for
- 5–8 years of experience in pre-sales or systems engineering in enterprise-scale cybersecurity, networking, or cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of networking and core security protocols.
- Ability to articulate and design solutions across SecOps, Zero Trust and SASE, cloud and hybrid security, and identity and access management.
- Strong presentation, communication, and storytelling skills; track record of leading enterprise architectural discussions and aligning solutions with business priorities.
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience); industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, NSE, CCNP Security, or AWS Security Specialty.
- Consulting or advisory experience with large enterprise customers; familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or SOC 2.
Pay
$200,000 - $240,000 per year (on-target earnings; pay type not specified)
Tools
LAN/WAN, routing, switching, VPNs, TCP/IP, IPSec, TLS/SSL, PKI
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