Senior Network Fortinet Engineer Position Available In Rankin, Mississippi
Tallo's Job Summary: The Senior Network Fortinet Engineer role at a financial services organization in Flowood, MS involves designing, deploying, and managing Fortinet solutions across enterprise environments. Responsibilities include acting as an SME for Fortinet infrastructure, conducting risk assessments, and mentoring junior engineers. Qualifications include 7+ years of network engineering experience and Fortinet NSE 4 Certification. Up to 10% domestic travel may be required for this position.
Job Description
Senior Network Fortinet Engineer
Department:
Information Technology
Office:
Home Office Location:
Flowood, MS Position Overview:
We are actively seeking a Senior Network Fortinet Engineer to join our IT infrastructure team for our financial services organization. This position is responsible for the architecture, implementation, and management of advanced Fortinet-based network security solutions across enterprise environments. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience with FortiGate firewalls, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, Switches, SD-WAN, and related technologies, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced, large-scale, multi-tenant or multi-site environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, deploy, and manage Fortinet solutions (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiWeb, FortiAuthenticator) across enterprise and hybrid on-prem / datacenter environments.
Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for Fortinet infrastructure, firewall policy design, VPN configuration (IPSec/SSL), and UTM services.
Build and maintain resilient and scalable network security architectures supporting multi-site and nationwide connectivity (including SD-WAN).
Perform advanced network and firewall troubleshooting, analyzing traffic flows, logs, and potential threats.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams’ infrastructure, security, support, and application teams to align Fortinet capabilities with business needs.
Conduct risk assessments, and security audits, and enforce best practices for network segmentation and perimeter defense.
Support incident response and root cause analysis for network-related security events.
Document network and firewall topologies, rulesets, standard operating procedures, and runbooks.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to internal knowledge sharing and skills development.
Qualifications:
Required:
7+ years of experience as a network engineer with at least 3 years of Fortinet-specific engineering experience.
Expertise in Fortinet product suite (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer).
Fortinet NSE 4 Certification (NSE 5-7 preferred).
In-depth knowledge of routing, switching, TCP/IP, VPN, OSPF / BGP technologies, and network security protocols.
Experience supporting enterprise or multi-site network infrastructures (remote users, datacenters, branch offices).
Strong understanding of firewall policy design, NAT, high availability (HA) configurations, and logging/reporting.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Preferred:
NSE 6 or NSE 7 certification or in progress.
Strong understanding of SD-WAN.
Background in security operations, penetration testing, or regulatory compliance (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST, etc.)
Experience with scripting/automation (e.g., Python, Ansible) is a plus.
Fortinet zero touch deployment
Travel Requirement:
Up to 10% domestic travel for data center visits or branch deployments #INDTarget
