Fortinet Engineer

Direct hire position

Job Description:

" Network Engineer that has passion to implement network infrastructure and security solutions at the client locations primarily using Fortinet products.

" Provide advanced troubleshooting skills to resolve issues with networking and security systems.

" Design and implement new networks, as well as make changes to existing networks, to ensure the stability, performance, reliability, and security of the network.

" Recommend improvements, design solutions and integration solutions for networking and collaboration for customers.

" Maintain managed firewall, network monitoring and server monitoring both on and off-site using FortiGates, Cisco Meraki, and SolarWinds.

" Provide documentation on Initial configuration of systems and troubleshooting of processes to all members of IT team.

" Ensure network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades with minimum downtime.

" Provide documentation on Initial configuration of systems and troubleshooting of processes to all members of IT team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

" Provide strong hands-on experience with Fortinet firewall configuration and administration. Experience with Palo Alto/ASA/etc. firewall technologies is a plus.

" Validates the client security networking environment by reviewing system configuration; directing and/or undertaking system installation; defining, documenting, and enforcing best practice standards.

" Maximizes network security by monitoring security tools; troubleshooting network problems and outages; supporting upgrades; collaborating with 3rd party support resources and fellow IT engineers on network security optimization.

" Secures network system by communicating policies, defining access practices.

" Provides training and knowledge sharing for clients with varying levels of IT knowledge and competence.

" Works closely with other departments/organizations and collaborates with other IT staff.

" Develops and provides guidance on multi-year roadmap for network architecture with a focus on security. Forecasts useful life and replacement planning for all core network infrastructure related to security.

" Documents network problems and resolution for client reference.

" Communicate approaches for network user account management, permissions, email, anti-virus, anti-spam, intrusion detection.

" Oversee updates/patches for network devices, software, and network security.

" Requires a thorough knowledge of networking essentials.

" Strong analytical abilities and professional office experience needed.

" Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively as part of a cross-functional IT service team.

Required Experience/Education

" Ten years of designing, implementing, and managing large scale networks

" Six years of experience working with firewall security solutions

" Extensive experience with implementing Fortinet product portfolio.

" Cisco CCNP Route/Switch certification or CCDA

" A high proficiency in troubleshooting network issues is a must.

" Extensive datacenter experience

" Experience with Cisco LAN/WAN solutions.

" Advanced understanding of wide area network concepts such as site-to-site/policy-based/route-based IPsec VPNs, MPLS, VPLS, and data center interconnect technologies.

" In-depth understanding of the following technologies STP, VLANs, SVIs, VRF-lite, NAT, ACLs, DHCP, DNS, Virtualization.

" Experience configuring networking hardware/protocols: TCP/IP, Layer3, Layer2, DNS, QoS, BGP, VRRP, HSRP, Spanning-Tree, VLAG, OTV and MPLS.

" Skilled in the use of Microsoft Visio

Logical and Physical diagrams.

" Candidate must be accustomed to pre-building test and POC configurations in a lab environment.

" Excellent written and oral communications skills

Preferred Experience

" Fortinet NSE7 Certification

" Palo Alto and Cisco firewall experience

" Experience with Fortinet product portfolio beyond just the Fortigate firewall including Secure SDWAN, FortiSASE, FortiGuard IPS, FortiProxy, FortiMail, etc.

" Understanding of packet-level performance and application troubleshooting with tools such as Wireshark.

" Strong understanding of VDOM architecture in Fortinet firewalls

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