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Senior Fortinet Engineer

Tusker


Job Location:

Downers Grove, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: USD 120000 - 120000
Posted: 13 September 2026 (3 days ago)
Application Deadline: 11 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Join a Team That Solves Complex Security Challenges

Are you a Fortinet expert who enjoys designing implementing and optimizing secure network environments Were looking for a Senior Fortinet Network Security Engineer to lead high-impact projects for clients ranging from mid-sized businesses to enterprise organizations.

In this role youll work directly with customers to design and deploy advanced Fortinet solutions lead complex migrations and serve as a trusted technical expert throughout the project lifecycle.

This is a remote position with preference given to candidates located in Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Massachusetts or Ohio.

What Youll Do
  • Design deploy and support advanced Fortinet security solutions.
  • Lead customer engagements from discovery and design through implementation and documentation.
  • Implement and support FortiGate FortiManager FortiAnalyzer FortiSwitch and FortiAP environments.
  • Design and configure Secure SD-WAN ADVPN BGP OSPF IPsec VPN and remote access solutions.
  • Perform firewall migrations from Palo Alto Cisco SonicWall Check Point and other platforms.
  • Troubleshoot complex networking security wireless and authentication issues.
  • Collaborate with customers project managers architects and technology partners to deliver successful outcomes.
  • Mentor fellow engineers and serve as a technical escalation resource.
  • Help maintain and strengthen our Fortinet partnership through continued certification and technical excellence.
What Youll Bring
  • 5 years of network security firewall or infrastructure engineering experience.
  • 3 years of hands-on Fortinet design and implementation experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of FortiGate/FortiOS.
  • Experience with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer.
  • Strong understanding of routing switching TCP/IP VLANs NAT DNS DHCP high availability and network segmentation.
  • Expertise with VPN technologies SD-WAN dynamic routing and multi-site environments.
  • Proven ability to lead customer-facing technical projects and solve complex challenges independently.
  • Excellent communication and customer relationship skills.

Certifications

  • Active Fortinet NSE 4 certification

Preferred

  • NSE 7 certification
  • NSE 8 certification
  • Additional Fortinet certifications in Security Operations SASE Cloud or Infrastructure

Bonus Experience

  • MSP consulting systems integrator or VAR environments
  • Enterprise-scale network security deployments
  • FortiSASE FortiNAC FortiAuthenticator FortiClient EMS FortiWeb or FortiSIEM
  • Azure or AWS network security
  • Technical leadership and engineer mentoring

Why Join Us

  • Work on complex enterprise-class security projects.
  • Partner with industry-leading clients and technologies.
  • Grow your expertise within a highly certified Fortinet practice.
  • Collaborate with talented engineers who are passionate about delivering exceptional outcomes.
  • Be recognized as a trusted technical leader and security expert.

If youre passionate about network security Fortinet technologies and delivering excellent client outcomes wed love to hear from you.

Compensation: starting from $120000 base quarterly bonus opportunity


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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