Senior Fortinet Engineer
Downers Grove, IL - USA
Job Summary
Join a Team That Solves Complex Security Challenges
Are you a Fortinet expert who enjoys designing implementing and optimizing secure network environments Were looking for a Senior Fortinet Network Security Engineer to lead high-impact projects for clients ranging from mid-sized businesses to enterprise organizations.
In this role youll work directly with customers to design and deploy advanced Fortinet solutions lead complex migrations and serve as a trusted technical expert throughout the project lifecycle.
This is a remote position with preference given to candidates located in Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Massachusetts or Ohio.
- Design deploy and support advanced Fortinet security solutions.
- Lead customer engagements from discovery and design through implementation and documentation.
- Implement and support FortiGate FortiManager FortiAnalyzer FortiSwitch and FortiAP environments.
- Design and configure Secure SD-WAN ADVPN BGP OSPF IPsec VPN and remote access solutions.
- Perform firewall migrations from Palo Alto Cisco SonicWall Check Point and other platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex networking security wireless and authentication issues.
- Collaborate with customers project managers architects and technology partners to deliver successful outcomes.
- Mentor fellow engineers and serve as a technical escalation resource.
- Help maintain and strengthen our Fortinet partnership through continued certification and technical excellence.
- 5 years of network security firewall or infrastructure engineering experience.
- 3 years of hands-on Fortinet design and implementation experience.
- Advanced knowledge of FortiGate/FortiOS.
- Experience with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer.
- Strong understanding of routing switching TCP/IP VLANs NAT DNS DHCP high availability and network segmentation.
- Expertise with VPN technologies SD-WAN dynamic routing and multi-site environments.
- Proven ability to lead customer-facing technical projects and solve complex challenges independently.
- Excellent communication and customer relationship skills.
Certifications
- Active Fortinet NSE 4 certification
Preferred
- NSE 7 certification
- NSE 8 certification
- Additional Fortinet certifications in Security Operations SASE Cloud or Infrastructure
Bonus Experience
- MSP consulting systems integrator or VAR environments
- Enterprise-scale network security deployments
- FortiSASE FortiNAC FortiAuthenticator FortiClient EMS FortiWeb or FortiSIEM
- Azure or AWS network security
- Technical leadership and engineer mentoring
Why Join Us
- Work on complex enterprise-class security projects.
- Partner with industry-leading clients and technologies.
- Grow your expertise within a highly certified Fortinet practice.
- Collaborate with talented engineers who are passionate about delivering exceptional outcomes.
- Be recognized as a trusted technical leader and security expert.
If youre passionate about network security Fortinet technologies and delivering excellent client outcomes wed love to hear from you.
Compensation: starting from $120000 base quarterly bonus opportunity
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
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