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# Network Security Engineer (Fortinet, SD-WAN & ADVPN) - Resident Engineer

- **Company:** C Services L.L.C.
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Antivirus Softwares, Email Filtering, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Security, Routing, Wide Area Networks, Wi-Fi Technology, Load Balancing, In-Plane Switching (IPS), Web Filtering, Fortinet
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=780d9ec639021d94

## About the Role

* 7+ years in LAN/WAN/Internet consulting, support, or administration
 * 5+ years with network security products, including 2+ years hands-on with Fortinet specifically
 * Real FortiGate firewall expertise, not just familiarity
 * Fortinet SD-WAN design experience across a global, multi-site architecture
 * Comfort operating in a regulated, high-stakes financial environment
 * Authorization to work in the US without employer sponsorship
 * ADVPN experience

Nice-to-haves that make you stand out:

 * 2 to 3 Fortinet certifications, EPSP-track is ideal
 * Prior professional services or consulting engineer background
 * Strong grounding in switching, routing, load balancing, WiFi, IPS, VPN, antivirus/antispam, web filtering, and application control

## Description

* The day-to-day of enterprise Fortinet infrastructure in a high-security financial environment, the kind of environment where your judgment matters
 * Building the methods of procedure that keep migrations, upgrades, and releases clean and audit-ready
 * Testing new features and releases before they ever touch production
 * Being the person who evaluates how third-party devices work with Fortinet, not just takes someone else's word for it
 * Training client staff so they grow, not so they stay dependent on you
 * Catching the issues that matter, before they become everyone else's problem


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