Search jobs Explore companies My job alerts Sales Engineer, Enterprise Lacework Sales & Business Development • Full-time Knoxville, TN, USA USD 200k-260k / year Posted on Sep 6, 2026 Apply now We are looking for a Sr. Systems Engineer to work closely with a Major Account Manager (MAM) selling into the Strategic Hyperscaler territory. The Sr. Systems Engineer's main mission will be to proactively engage within the assigned territory to win technical mindshare, develop and nurture deep and trusted relationships with technical stakeholders and influencers, and work closely with MAM to achieve stated sales targets.

Responsibilities:

Proactively develop deep, trusted relationships with technical stakeholder groups. Proactively develop, maintain, and evangelize an account-specific technical point of view that aligns customer's business or technical goals with Fortinet's solutions. Proactively drive the pre-sales education and enablement of customer technical stakeholder groups through - Fast Tracks, Labs, Demos, Webinars, PoC's Serve as primary technical expert in sales calls. Closely partner with assigned MAM to achieve sales targets. Engage in ongoing Fortinet technical training and certification.

Business Skills:

7+ years experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer Pre-existing relationships within the Hyperscaler market Excellent presentation skills - confident with technical and executive audiences, able to translate highly complex technical concepts into business terms. Hunter mindset, highly driven and able to proactively engage with customers

Understanding of Economics Data Transfer Costs, and Cloud Marketplaces Technical Skills:

5 - 7 years experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration Networking GWLB, TGW, Route Tables Automation Terraform, Python, APIs Lambda, K8S, Serverless technologies Cloud Native Firewall, CNAPP, Application Security Proven understanding of DNS and

NFS, SMTP, HTTP, TCP/IP

Knowledge of the following technologies: Routing, Switching, VPN, LAN, WAN, Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Anti-Virus. Solid understanding in the following technologies and protocols: RADIUS, PKI, IKE, Certificates, L2TP, IPSEC, FIREWALL, 802.1Q, MD5, SSH, SSL, SHA1, DES, 3DES Experience with encryption and authentication technologies required

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program. Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. On target earnings for this position is expected to be $200,000 - $260,000 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location. Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world's largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet's Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone. We are looking for a Sr. Systems Engineer to work closely with a Major Account Manager (MAM) selling into the Strategic Hyperscaler territory. The Sr. Systems Engineer's main mission will be to proactively engage within the assigned territory to win technical mindshare, develop and nurture deep and trusted relationships with technical stakeholders and influencers, and work closely with MAM to achieve stated sales targets. Apply now See more open positions at Lacework