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. Responsibilities : • 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 onissues 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. Required Skills: • 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 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 • Exceptional presentation skills Education: • Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable