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# Fortinet Network Engineer/Architect

- **Company:** AGENSYS CORP
- **Location:** Costa Mesa, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, Fortinet, Cisco
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9008958/fortinet-network-engineerarchitect

## About the Role

* 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

## 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


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