Fortinet SD-WAN Lead Engineer - Hybrid Role

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

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd in Farnborough is seeking a Fortinet Principal Engineer to lead Fortinet Secure SD-WAN design and delivery for enterprise and public sector clients. The role focuses on defining resilient, multi-site architectures and acting as the technical authority. The ideal candidate holds Fortinet FCSS and deep FortiGate/FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer knowledge, with strong networking and mentoring skills. Hybrid role with minimal travel.

Qualifications

• Fortinet SD-WAN design and delivery experience required.
• Fortinet FCSS certification essential.
• Expert knowledge of FortiGate, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Fortinet SD-WAN design

Networking & security expertise

Fortinet FCSS certification

Mentoring

Troubleshooting

Tools

FortiGate

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

Job description

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd in Farnborough is seeking a Fortinet Principal Engineer to lead Fortinet Secure SD-WAN design and delivery for enterprise and public sector clients. The role focuses on defining resilient, multi-site architectures and acting as the technical authority. The ideal candidate holds Fortinet FCSS and deep FortiGate/FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer knowledge, with strong networking and mentoring skills. Hybrid role with minimal travel.