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Fortinet Firewall Engineer

Express Employment - Skilled Trades (AL)Tallahassee, Florida🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 16, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This remote, project-based role offers a unique opportunity to lead a critical firewall migration, significantly enhancing your expertise in Fortinet technologies and complex network security. You'll thrive here if you possess strong Cisco to Fortinet migration experience and a deep understanding of routing, VPNs, and high availability, allowing you to make a substantial impact on a high-profile infrastructure project. Apply now to leverage this chance for advanced skill development and a rewarding, flexible engagement.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Job Description

Job Description Job Description

Remote Project-Based Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Network / Fortinet Firewall Engineer to support a critical infrastructure migration project. This is a temporary, remote, project-based position focused on migrating core firewall infrastructure from Cisco to Fortinet while ensuring security, reliability, and minimal disruption to production environments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and support the migration of enterprise firewall environments from Cisco ASA/Firepower to Fortinet FortiGate.
  • Analyze and translate existing firewall policies, NAT rules, VPN configurations, routing, network objects, and security settings.
  • Develop detailed migration, implementation, validation, and rollback plans to minimize production downtime.
  • Design and implement FortiGate High Availability (HA) and redundant firewall configurations.
  • Configure, troubleshoot, and optimize complex network and firewall environments.
  • Support troubleshooting efforts during and after the migration to ensure a smooth transition.
  • Collaborate remotely with internal technical teams throughout the duration of the project.
Required Qualifications
  • Strong hands-on experience with Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and FortiOS.
  • Proven experience migrating enterprise firewall environments from Cisco ASA and/or Firepower to Fortinet.
  • Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLANs, High Availability (HA), IPSec VPNs, SSL VPNs, and enterprise network architecture.
  • Experience developing and executing detailed firewall migration and rollback strategies.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex network security and connectivity issues remotely.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working in a data center, cloud hosting, multi-tenant, or managed service provider environment.
  • Experience supporting complex enterprise-level network infrastructure.
  • Relevant Fortinet certifications are a plus.

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