Systems Engineer – Public Sector (Local Gov)

Overview

In this role you will lead technical engagements with UK Local Government customers to translate requirements into secure Fortinet architectures. You’ll drive solution design, PoCs, and demonstrations within a public sector context while aligning with compliance, budget, and operational needs. You’ll support secure network transformation across SD-WAN, NGFW, segmentation, and cloud security, contributing to resilient services for councils and authorities. Your work enables secure, compliant digital services and closer collaboration with partners and stakeholders.

Pay / Benefits

• Total Rewards package
• health and well-being benefits
• career development opportunities
• financial future support

Responsibilities

• Lead technical engagements across the full sales lifecycle for Local Government customers
• Translate council requirements into Fortinet architectures aligned to compliance and budgets
• Deliver demonstrations, whiteboards, and technical briefings for Local Government
• Support secure network transformation projects (SD-WAN, NGFW, segmentation, cloud security, SOC integration)
• Collaborate with partners, procurement, and internal teams for delivery and adoption
• Maintain expertise on Fortinet portfolio, UK Public Sector standards, and emerging threats
• Support RFI/RFP responses and framework submissions in Salesforce
• Act as trusted advisor to customers and mentor to partners and colleagues

Key requirements

• Experience in pre-sales engineering, technical consulting, or customer-facing engineering
• Knowledge of NGFW, SD-WAN, segmentation, SASE, Zero Trust, SOC tooling, and cloud security
• Experience supporting Local Authorities or Local Government organizations
• Strong communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Collaborative mindset and ability to build trusted relationships with customers and partners
• Industry certifications (e.g., NSE/FCP, CISSP, CCNP) are an advantage
• Based in the UK with right to work (implied by posting)

• communication skills
• presentation skills
• collaborative mindset
• NGFW
• SD-WAN
• segmentation

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