Job location: Muscat, Oman
Job summary:
- Design, present, and defend high-impact network and security solutions—specializing in Fortinet and Cisco ecosystems—to help close business opportunities and drive strategic growth.
- Respond to RFP and solution request; prepare technical proposals in line with company strategic guidelines
- Support Sales team on daily technical discussions and meetings with customers
Key Responsibilities
- Solution Design & Architecture: Translate complex customer business and technical requirements into tailored, competitive network and security architectures.
- Fortinet & Cisco Specialization: Design and position solutions around Fortinet and Cisco.
- Technical Presentations & Proof of Concept (PoC): Deliver compelling product demos, whiteboarding sessions, and lead hands-on PoCs/PoVs alongside vendor and internal engineering teams.
- Proposals & Bidding: Prepare detailed Bills of Materials (BoMs/BoQs), high-level and low-level design (HLD/LLD) documentation, technical responses to RFPs/Renders, and SOWs.
- Vendor & Post-Sales Handoff: Maintain strong relationships with Cisco and Fortinet channel/vendor teams and ensure a smooth technical transition to the delivery/deployment team post-sale.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.
- Experience: 5+ years of technical pre-sales, systems engineering, or network/security implementation experience in an IT integrator or enterprise environment.
- Vendor Certifications (Mandatory/Preferred):
- Fortinet: NSE 5 / Fortinet Certified Associate or Professional (or higher like NSE 7/8).
- Cisco: CCNP (Enterprise or Security) and above
- Additional vendor Certification
