Senior Fortinet Network Security Engineer | Better Staff | North Sydney, NSW

Better Staff; North Sydney; On-site; AUD 155,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Better Staff is seeking a Senior Fortinet Network Security Engineer for an onsite role in North Sydney, NSW. You will own Fortinet deployment, security policy lifecycle, and cross-functional engineering collaboration for multi-tenant MSP environments.

The role requires 5+ years of hands-on Fortinet experience, strong routing/IPsec/SSL VPN knowledge, and Australian work rights. Salary ranges $155K–$175K plus Super, with permanent full-time employment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field.
• 5+ years in network security engineering and firewall administration.
• Strong Fortinet appliance configuration and management.
• Experience with MSP clients and multi-tenant environments.
• Willingness for onsite work in North Sydney, NSW and Australian work rights.

Responsibilities

• Architect, configure, administer, and optimize Fortinet firewalls for MSP clients.
• Manage routing, VLANs, IPsec/SSL VPNs, and HA clusters.
• Perform change control, incident response, and threat mitigation.
• Collaborate with IT infrastructure, helpdesk, and recruitment leadership.
• Maintain network diagrams, firewall rule sets, and runbooks.

Skills

Fortinet firewall administration

Network security engineering

MSP experience

HA architectures

TCP/IP networking

IPsec/SSL VPNs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related

Tools

Fortinet FortiGate

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Job description

Position Summary

Driving advanced network security architecture, Fortinet firewall administration, and enterprise managed services security in North Sydney, NSW on an onsite professional basis, Better Staff is actively seeking an experienced Senior Fortinet Network Security Engineer for a permanent staff engagement (Competitive salary package of $155K - $175K + Super; Australian work rights required). In this vital hands-on technical infrastructure role, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of Fortinet security appliances, next-generation firewall policies, routing protocols, VPN tunneling, threat mitigation, security hardening, and client infrastructure support. Bringing extensive progressive professional experience in network security engineering and managed service provider (MSP) environments, you will empower an elite technology consultancy to achieve uncompromised perimeter defense, secure network connectivity, and superior infrastructure reliability. This prestigious career opportunity offers attractive financial remuneration, executive client exposure, and professional growth within a leading Australian technical recruitment and staffing enterprise.

Detailed Job Description

As a Senior Fortinet Network Security Engineer supporting Better Staff on an onsite professional basis in North Sydney, NSW, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of enterprise firewall deployment, security policy lifecycle management, network troubleshooting, and cross-functional engineering collaboration. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing, configuring, administering, and troubleshooting complex Fortinet security architectures across multi-tenant MSP client environments, managing core networking and security protocols including advanced routing, VLANs, IPsec VPNs, SSL VPNs, and high-availability (HA) clusters, executing structured enterprise change control procedures, investigating and resolving security incidents, vulnerability alerts, and network anomalies, collaborating proactively with system administrators, client stakeholders, and technical recruitment leadership like Adam and Neil Morley at Better Staff, and communicating technical deliverables effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, configure, administer, and optimize enterprise Fortinet next-generation firewalls and security gateways across MSP client environments.
• Manage core networking and security protocols including advanced routing, VLAN configuration, IPsec VPN tunnels, and SSL remote access.
• Configure, test, and maintain High Availability (HA) firewall clusters, virtual domains (VDOMs), and secure zoning rules.
• Enforce rigorous enterprise change control policies and standardized network deployment procedures.
• Troubleshoot complex network security anomalies, packet drops, routing bottlenecks, and firewall policy conflicts.
• Coordinate technical vendor escalations and resolve advanced threat mitigation alerts.
• Collaborate proactively with cross-functional IT infrastructure, helpdesk, and professional services engineering squads.
• Ensure strict adherence to corporate cybersecurity standards, compliance frameworks, and client service level agreements (SLAs).
• Maintain meticulous network architecture diagrams, firewall rule sets, configuration backups, and operational runbooks.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5+ years of progressive professional hands-on experience in network security engineering and firewall administration.
• Strong, demonstrable operational expertise in Fortinet security appliance configuration and management.
• Comprehensive working knowledge and practical proficiency in TCP/IP networking, dynamic routing, IPsec, SSL VPNs, and HA architectures.
• Proven background supporting managed service provider (MSP) clients and multi-tenant enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and effective stakeholder communication capabilities.
• Mandatory Australian citizenship, permanent residency, or valid working rights in Australia (only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered).
• Mandatory physical availability for onsite professional operations in North Sydney, NSW.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Professional vendor certifications such as Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional (FCP) or Fortinet Certified Expert (FCX).
• Prior professional working experience supporting Tier-1 Australian telecommunications providers, enterprise MSPs, or financial institutions.
• Hands-on familiarity with cloud security platforms, AWS Security Groups, and Azure Network Security WAFs.
• Experience utilizing enterprise agile tracking and IT service desk platforms (Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow).
• Active participation in cybersecurity user groups, network engineering associations, or Australian IT forums.

Application Information

• Recruiter: Better Staff Recruitment Division
• Contact Name: Adam & Neil Morley (Principal Consultant – Sales & Technical Recruitment)
• Email: [e-mail]
• Phone: [phone]
• Company Website: https://www.betterstaff.com.au
• Salary/Rate: $155K - $175K + Super
• Work Schedule: Onsite Professional Operations (North Sydney, NSW)
• Deadline: Open until filled (Urgent North Sydney Senior Fortinet Engineer Opening)
• Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days Preferred
• Contract Duration: Permanent / Full-Time Employment

Recruitment Pro Tip

When applying for this Senior Fortinet Network Security Engineer position with Better Staff in North Sydney, ensure your resume explicitly highlights your hands-on Fortinet firewall administration tenure, MSP support background, and valid Australian work authorization.