Inside Systems Engineer

Location: Paris, France.

Objective:

We are looking for an Inside Systems Engineer (ISE) to work closely with the SE and Sales team in a defined territory. The ISE'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/ educate the customer on issues ranging from features, specifications and functionality to integration.

· Conversant with networking applications and solutions.

· Provide assistance to identified customers with post-sales training.

Required Skills:

· Experience in technical/pre-sales support as a sales or systems engineer

· Experience in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration

· Strong 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.

· Strong 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

· Excellent telephone manner with good spoken and written English.

Education:

· Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience. Graduate degree preferred.