Fortinet Network Engineer/Architect

AGENSYS CORP
Costa Mesa, United States of America
19 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Costa Mesa, United States of America

Tech stack

Border Gateway Protocol
Routing
Open Shortest Path First
Virtual Local Area Networks
Wide Area Networks
Fortinet
Cisco networks

Job description

Seeking a senior Fortinet engineer/architect to support a Cisco-to-Fortinet wireless migration. This role will embed onsite to stabilize network performance, resolve roaming/connectivity issues, and define a repeatable deployment model., * Lead wireless validation (Ekahau); resolve coverage gaps, roaming issues, RF interference, and misconfigs

  • Troubleshoot FortiGate/FortiOS (policies, routing, NAT, HA, IPS/AV impacts)
  • Optimize SD-WAN (rules, health checks, SLAs, BGP/OSPF overlays)
  • Assess switching, VLANs, uplinks, and IDF/MDF readiness
  • Conduct wireless stress testing (iPerf) and document findings
  • Develop a standardized Fortinet deployment playbook
  • Present findings and remediation plans to technical teams and stakeholders

Requirements

  • Strong Fortinet experience: FortiAP, FortiGate, FortiOS, FortiWLC, SD-WAN
  • Proven troubleshooting in complex enterprise wireless environments
  • Cisco-to-Fortinet migration experience preferred
  • Knowledge of FortiWLC vs. FortiOS controller models
  • Strong routing (BGP, OSPF), NAT, and SD-WAN expertise
  • Experience standardizing multi-site deployments

Certifications

  • NSE 4 (required)
  • NSE 7 / FCSS (preferred)
  • NSE 8 (preferred)

Soft Skills

  • Strong client-facing communication (technical + executive)
  • Self-directed, hands-on problem solver
  • Collaborative with internal teams

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