Sales Engineer, SLED

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to work closely with a Named Account Manager in a defined territory. The Systems Engineer's main mission will be to support the sales organization in all technical matters regarding pre‑sales, sales calls, and post‑sales.

• Pre‑sales – assist in qualifying sales leads from a technical standpoint.
• Sales calls – be the main technical resource on sales calls and answer or educate the customer and partner on issues ranging from features, specifications and functionality to integration.
• Conversant with networking applications and solutions.
• Post‑sales – be the lead technical contact for identified accounts for technical issues and will work closely with the technical support team and engineering to answer, elevate and resolve customer's technical issues.
• Provide assistance to identified customers with post‑sales training.

• 5–8 years experience in technical/pre‑sales support as a sales or systems engineer
• 5–7 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
• Proven understanding of DNS, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP
• Knowledge of the following technologies:
  Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti Virus
• Solid understanding of the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3
  
  DES
• Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required
• Exceptional presentation skills

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable