Deployment Engineer

Job Title: Deployment Engineer
Location: Cary, NC(Onsite)
Duration: Long term contract
We are seeking a Deployment Engineer to be part of a multi-squad network transformation initiative focused on migrating enterprise security infrastructure from Check Point to Fortinet technologies.
Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for Check Point to Fortinet migration activities
• Take part in deployment, configuration, and optimization of FortiGate firewalls
• Analyze existing Check Point firewall policies, VPNs, NAT configurations, and security architecture
• Coordinate migration planning, execution, testing, and rollback strategies
• Work closely with NetDevOps and SRE teams to support automation and operational improvements
• Participate in maintenance windows, change management, and production rollouts
• Ensure all migration work follows enterprise security and compliance standards

Required Skills

• 3+ years of network deployment or network security engineering experience
• Fortinet FortiGate experience
• Check Point firewall administration experience
• Experience with firewall migration projects
• Cisco routing and switching expertise
• VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN, Site-to-Site VPN)
• FortiManager and centralized policy management
• Firewall policy analysis and migration
• High Availability (HA) firewall deployments
• Strong troubleshooting skills

Preferred Skills

• Fortinet NSE 4/5/7 certifications
• CCNP or CCNP Security
• Arista networking experience
• Python automation experience
• Financial services experience