Systems Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - 82,000 per year

Requirements:

• Must already be based in the UK with full right to work.
• Experience in a pre-sales engineering, technical consulting, or customer-facing technical role.
• Experience working with Financial Services or Insurance customers, or other highly regulated enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity technologies including Network Security, SASE, SD-WAN, Zero Trust, SOC technologies, Cloud Security, and Secure Access.
• Experience designing solutions for complex enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to build trusted long-term customer relationships.
• Industry certifications such as NSE, CISSP, CCNP or equivalent are advantageous.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical engagements across the sales lifecycle, including discovery workshops, solution design, presentations, and proof-of-concepts.
• Translate customer business and technical requirements into scalable Fortinet architectures.
• Deliver compelling product demonstrations, architecture workshops, and executive-level whiteboarding sessions.
• Partner closely with customers, channel partners, and internal teams to develop security strategies aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain deep expertise across Fortinets portfolio, cybersecurity trends, emerging threats, and technologies relevant to the FSI sector.
• Support RFI/RFP responses and maintain accurate technical documentation within Salesforce.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor and mentor to colleagues and partners.

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Support
• Network
• Salesforce
• Security

More:

We are Fortinet, a global cybersecurity leader with over two decades of innovation, focused on protecting people, devices and data everywhere. We are hiring a Systems Engineer to support our Financial Services & Insurance customers across the UK. You will work alongside our sales teams and account teams to design and position our security solutions for large, complex enterprise environments, including hybrid cloud, Zero Trust, secure networking, regulatory compliance, operational resilience, and digital transformation. Our portfolio includes multi-tenant security architectures, SOC technologies, cloud security, SASE, SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and broader cybersecurity architectures. We offer a collaborative team environment, continuous learning, career development, an inclusive culture, and a Total Rewards package supporting your health, wellbeing, and financial future.

last updated 36 week of 2026