Fortinet SD-WAN Architect & Tech Lead

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Private Healthcare

26 Days Paid Holiday

Pension

Training & Development

Job summary

Ideal candidates possess Fortinet FCSS certification, deep FortiGate/FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer expertise, and a track record delivering large-scale network architectures with strong security practices such as zero trust and segmentation.

Qualifications

• Fortinet FCSS certification essential.
• Expert knowledge of FortiGate, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer.
• Experience designing large-scale, resilient, multi-site networks.
• Strong knowledge of firewalls, VPNs, segmentation and zero trust principles.
• Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimisation skills.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading the end-to-end design and delivery of Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solutions.
• Designing scalable, resilient network architectures for enterprise and public sector customers.
• Acting as the Fortinet technical specialist and final escalation point for complex design and support issues.
• Mentoring engineers and architects, driving best practice in networking, security and automation.
• Supporting proof-of-concept builds, lab testing and technical design documentation.
• Ensuring solutions meet customer requirements, service levels and regulatory standards.

Skills

Fortinet SD-WAN design

Fortinet FCSS certification

FortiGate/FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer

Large-scale multi-site networks

Firewall VPN Zero Trust

Troubleshooting & optimization

Mentoring & stakeholder mgmt

Education

Fortinet FCSS certification

Tools

FortiGate

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

Job description

Ideal candidates possess Fortinet FCSS certification, deep FortiGate/FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer expertise, and a track record delivering large-scale network architectures with strong security practices such as zero trust and segmentation.