Fortinet
Sales Engineer, Enterprise Majors
$200K–$240K
New York, NY · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jun 16, 2026
- Experience
- 5–8 years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Partners with sales and enterprise customers to design cybersecurity solutions, guide technical evaluations, and support customer success from strategy through deployment.
What you'll do
- Qualify opportunities and define solution strategies aligned with customer business outcomes; lead discovery sessions and security assessments.
- Design and present secure architectures, demos, and cybersecurity strategies to technical and executive stakeholders.
- Support deployment transitions and provide roadmap guidance, operational reviews, and strategic check-ins.
What they ask for
- 5–8 years of experience in pre-sales or systems engineering roles in enterprise-scale cybersecurity, networking, or cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of networking (LAN/WAN, routing, switching, VPNs, TCP/IP) and core security protocols (IPSec, TLS/SSL, PKI, SAML, OAuth, RADIUS, etc.).
- Ability to articulate and design solutions across SecOps, Zero Trust and SASE, cloud and hybrid security, and identity and access management.
- Excellent presentation, communication, and storytelling skills; proven ability to lead architectural discussions and align enterprise technical 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, especially CISO/CIO-level conversations; familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or SOC 2.
Pay
$200,000 - $240,000 per year (USD, on target earnings); commissions based on the terms of the Sales Compensation Plan (amount not stated)
Tools
LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, IPSec, TLS/SSL, PKI, SAML, OAuth, RADIUS
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