Senior Technical Support Engineer

Fortinet

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$68,000–$84,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
13 days ago
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Below market

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This role pays less than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $135,225–$177,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $76k versus about $156k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Fortinet

Fortinet is a US-based cybersecurity company best known for its FortiGate next-generation firewalls. It sells a broad security platform spanning network security, SD-WAN, endpoint protection, cloud security, and SIEM/SOC operations.

Fortinet currently has 102 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,000–$183,000 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Technical Support Engineer

The Senior Technical Support Engineer provides technical support to customers regarding security devices and Cloud deployments. The role involves performing collection, analysis, and change recommendations for customer network information and packet captures to recommend corrective actions. Daily tasks include running real-time phone or remote access sessions and debugging networking issues related to device misconfigurations, network connectivity, and L3 routing. The candidate will utilize an engineering background to recreate customer issues in a lab and collaborate with the engineering team to verify workarounds. Required skills include knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, SSH, TLS, SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, Proxy, VLAN, Routing, and the OSI model. Experience with Windows, Unix, or Linux operating systems and internet security tools like firewalls, IPSs, or Mail Security Gateways is essential.

What you'll do

  • Provide technical support to customers on security devices and Cloud deployments.
  • Collect and analyze customer network configurations and packet captures.
  • Recommend corrective actions based on gathered data and technical analysis.
  • Conduct real-time phone or remote access support sessions with customers.
  • Debug and troubleshoot networking issues related to device misconfigurations and L3 routing.
  • Recreate customer issues in a lab environment to debug and verify fixes with the engineering team.
  • Apply networking knowledge across L2, L3, L4, and L7 layers.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Engineering.
  • Experience with network protocols including TCP/IP, UDP, SSH, TLS, SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, Proxy, VLAN, and Routing.
  • Knowledge of operating systems including Windows, Unix, or Linux.
  • Knowledge of internet security technologies such as firewalls, IPSs, or Mail Security Gateways.
  • Ability to debug and troubleshoot networking issues related to device misconfigurations, connectivity, and L3 routing.
  • Proficiency in spoken and written English (preferred).
  • Industry certifications such as FCNSA, CCNA, or CCIE (preferred).

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