Senior Network Security Engineer

EVOCS OVERVIEW EVOCS was founded with a clear purpose to help businesses operate more effectively solve complex challenges and create opportunities for growth through practical expertise and technology solutions. As an IT consulting firm we work with our clients to understand their needs identify the right technologies and deliver solutions that improve performance and support their business objectives. Today EVOCS is a trusted technology partner to a growing number of organizations and industry leaders. Our team combines technical expertise business understanding and a commitment to quality to deliver effective solutions and build lasting client relationships based on responsiveness consistency and results. 🎯

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Security Engineer with deep hands-on expertise in Fortinet technologies and multi-region network security architecture. This role is responsible for the design implementation management and continuous improvement of our global network security infrastructure ensuring consistent policy enforcement threat visibility and operational resilience across all regional environments.

The ideal candidate

brings strong Fortinet platform mastery — including FortiGate FortiManager FortiAnalyzer and the broader Fortinet Security Fabric — combined with broad enterprise network security experience and a security-first mindset. 🧩

What you will do

Design deploy and manage enterprise-grade Fortinet firewall infrastructure (FortiGate) across multiple geographic regions ensuring standardized policy frameworks and localized compliance where required Administer FortiManager for centralized policy management device provisioning and configuration consistency across all regional firewall deployments Operate and maintain FortiAnalyzer for log aggregation threat correlation security event analysis and compliance reporting across the global environment Architect and implement Fortinet Security Fabric integrations including FortiSIEM FortiEDR FortiNAC and FortiSandbox to deliver cohesive end-to-end threat detection and response capabilities Design and manage SD-WAN solutions using Fortinet SD-WAN optimizing performance resilience and security for multi-site connectivity Develop maintain and enforce firewall security policies access control lists NAT rules application control profiles and SSL/TLS inspection policies Lead the planning and execution of multi-region firewall migrations upgrades and new site deployments with minimal business disruption Conduct regular firewall audits and rule-base reviews to identify and remediate policy bloat misconfiguration and unnecessary exposure Partner with network cloud and security operations teams to integrate perimeter security controls with cloud-native security services (AWS Azure GCP) and zero trust architecture initiatives Develop and maintain network security documentation including architecture diagrams standard operating procedures runbooks and change management records Participate in security incident response activities including firewall log analysis traffic forensics containment actions and post-incident remediation Monitor network security posture through threat intelligence feeds vulnerability assessments and proactive tuning of IPS/IDS web filtering and antivirus profiles Collaborate with compliance and risk teams to ensure firewall configurations meet regulatory requirements (e.g. PCI-DSS HIPAA SOC 2 ISO 27001) Mentor junior network security engineers and serve as a subject matter expert for escalations and architectural decisions Evaluate and recommend new Fortinet capabilities firmware releases and adjacent technologies to strengthen the organization's security posture 🧠 What you will bring 7+ years of enterprise network security engineering experience including 4+ years of hands-on Fortinet firewall administration and architecture Deep expertise in FortiGate firewall configuration policy management HA clustering and multi-VDOM environments Proven experience managing Fortinet deployments across multiple geographic regions or data centers with FortiManager centralized management Strong experience with FortiAnalyzer for log management security event correlation and compliance reporting Solid understanding of networking fundamentals BGP OSPF VLAN VPN (IPSec/SSL) QoS and routing protocols in a multi-site environment Experience designing and implementing Fortinet SD-WAN solutions for enterprise multi-site connectivity Familiarity with zero trust network access (ZTNA) principles and implementation within the Fortinet Security Fabric Experience integrating firewall environments with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP) including FortiGate-VM and cloud-native security group management Strong understanding of network security frameworks threat modeling and defense-in-depth architecture Experience supporting compliance and audit activities related to firewall configuration (PCI-DSS SOC 2 HIPAA or similar) Fortinet NSE 4 certification (minimum) NSE 5 NSE 6 or NSE 7 strongly preferred Excellent documentation communication and cross-functional collaboration skills Ideally you will have... Fortinet NSE 7 — Enterprise Firewall SD-WAN or Network Security Architect certifications Experience with Fortinet Security Operations Center (SOC) tools including FortiSIEM and FortiSOAR Background supporting global template or network standardization programs across diverse regional environments Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code tooling (Ansible Terraform Python scripting for Fortinet APIs) Familiarity with SASE architecture and cloud-delivered security services Additional vendor certifications (CCNP Security Palo Alto PCNSE or equivalent) demonstrating broad network security breadth Experience in regulated industries (financial services healthcare manufacturing) with associated compliance obligations Background in incident response and threat hunting using network traffic analysis and firewall telemetry Success Metrics Firewall uptime and availability SLAs are consistently met across all regional deployments Policy audit findings result in measurable reduction in rule-base risk exposure and unnecessary firewall openings Multi-region deployments and migrations are executed on schedule with zero unplanned production outages Security event detection and response times improve through FortiAnalyzer tuning and integration with SIEM/SOC tools Compliance audit findings related to firewall configuration are reduced year-over-year Documentation and runbooks are current complete and sufficient to support knowledge transfer and operational continuity LI-Remote

Pay Range

for jobs in the US.

Pay Range

$75 $90 USD 👥

Our Values

We are privileged to serve our loyal customer base in our mission to build lasting relationships with our clients based on trust and mutual success. We strive to deliver exceptional quality and consistency through a white-glove approach. By empowering businesses with tailored solutions and insights we help them achieve their goals and navigate the ever-evolving tech landscape. The values we live by Customer-centric Solutions Innovation & Excellence Integrity & Transparency Data-driven Decision Making 📝 Need to Know The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or protected veteran status or any other legally protected basis in accordance with applicable law.