Fortinet Firewall Engineer - INTL India

Our client is looking for experienced Network Firewall Engineers to support a high-impact Network Security Operations and Perimeter Security environment. This role is hands-on, operational, and troubleshooting-focused, supporting both day-to-day production issues and project-based security initiatives.

The engineer will work closely with a high-performing network security team responsible for edge firewalls, inbound internet gateways, VPN connectivity, and secure access between the client and external customers, partners, and internet-facing systems.

This is not a monitoring-only role - candidates must be comfortable debugging issues end-to-end using the command line and owning problems through resolution.

7+ years of hands-on experience F5 Load Balancer (CLI troubleshooting required)

7+ years of hands-on experience Fortinet / FortiGate Firewall

7+ years of hands-on experience Cisco ASA Firewall

Strong experience using command-line interfaces to debug network and security issues

Proven ability to troubleshoot issues end-to-end, not just isolate or escalate

Solid understanding of Firewalls and perimeter security

Experience with IPSEC and SSL VPNs

Experience Reverse proxies and secure access

Experience Network traffic flow and packet-level troubleshooting

Experience supporting external connectivity (customers, partners, internet-facing systems)

Background in operational network security environments Experience in environments transitioning work from engineering to operations

Exposure to on-call or high-availability production environments

Prior experience supporting global or enterprise-scale networks