System Engineer Internship Location: Paris, France

Job Type: Full-time Internship (4 – 6 months)

About Us

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) protects the most valuable assets of some of the largest enterprise, service provider and government organizations across the globe. The company's fast, secure and global cyber security solutions provide broad, high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT infrastructure. If you're looking for a fast-paced, challenging and rewarding environment, then Fortinet is the place for you. With offices in EMEA, we are an equal opportunity employer offering exciting work, competitive compensation, and benefits. Fortinet is looking for the best and the brightest to join our highly motivated team.

Description

Are you a student looking for an internship within a fast-growing international environment and wanting to build your expertise in the world of network and cybersecurity?

Then more reason to join this exciting Systems Engineer Internship opportunity at Fortinet in Paris!

As a Systems Engineer Intern, you will join Fortinet’s highly skilled System Engineer (SE) team responsible for establishing technical relationships with businesses for Fortinet and working on cybersecurity projects based on our Security Fabric portfolio. You will be able to support the SE Team to support our customers and partner on activities to provide understanding of our Security Fabric proposition. Supported by experienced SEs, you can expect to learn and develop relevant cybersecurity skills in addition to Fortinet product specific skills (i.e., NextGen Firewall, Cloud Security, DevSecOps, etc.) while gaining exposure to leading edge security products. This will be through a combination of on-the job training and more formal on-line training and the expectation is to leave with industry recognized certifications.

We also place great emphasis on the development of your soft skills, including presentation and whiteboarding skills, customer engagement and more.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting time in the field of network security and specifically at Fortinet. Become part of our team and start your career with us now!

Responsibilities:

The main role of the intern would be to assist in the day-to-day operations of the Systems Engineering function. This will initially focus on background activities, but as industry, security and Fortinet skills develop then responsibilities will also increase to include some customer facing tasks, such as running product demonstrations.

As a member of the SE team in Paris:

o Provide pre-sales technical support to both internal teams and external customers/partners by:

o Responding to technical questions about Fortinet products from partners or customers,

o Running Fortinet solutions technical demos

o Articulating the technology and demonstrating differentiated value over the time with colleagues’ support.

o Be able to learn new technologies with our NSE Academy support.

Required Skills and Technical Experience:

• Advanced proficiency in French is required for this role.

• Master or Engineering school (or equivalent) with Network/System or Cyber Specialization.

• Knowledge about Networking (Switch, Routing, Firewall), Operating System and Internet Usage.

• Any theoretical or practical knowledge about Cyber Security (NGFW, Mail GW, Web Application Protection,

Endpoint Security) is a plus.

• A self-motivated, very curious, and highly technical person.

Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

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Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) protects the most valuable assets of some of the largest enterprise, service provider and government organizations across the globe. The company's fast, secure and global cyber security solutions provide broad, high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT infrastructure. If you're looking for a fast-paced, challenging and rewarding environment, then Fortinet is the place for you. With offices in EMEA, we are an equal opportunity employer offering exciting work, competitive compensation, and benefits. Fortinet is looking for the best and the brightest to join our highly motivated team.