Senior Network Security Engineer - Malaysia

Perception Point; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to design, operate, and scale our SASE architecture across both logical and physical infrastructure. You will work with Fortinet products and Linux/OpenStack environments, enhancing automation and incident response in a 24x7 NOC setting with weekend coverage.

Responsibilities include maintaining datacenter networks, building observability, and driving root-cause analysis.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in networking and security roles.
• Experience with large-scale BGP and peering.
• Proficient in network monitoring and automation.
• Experience with Fortinet products preferred.
• Strong Linux/OpenStack infrastructure knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and scale datacenter network architectures (logical and physical).
• Build and optimize monitoring and observability systems.
• Develop automation to detect and remediate network events.
• Perform root cause analysis and drive issues to resolution.
• Maintain documentation and ensure operational consistency.
• Contribute to capacity planning and technical discussions.
• Provide escalation support for production issues.

Skills

L2 switching

IP routing

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

VRRP

STP

GRE

IPsec

SNMP

Threat management

SSL inspection

Content categorization

Security frameworks

Fortinet product experience

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Independent work

Stakeholder updates

Tools

OpenStack

Terraform

Ansible

RHEL/CentOS

Ubuntu

LDAP

Web servers

SQL databases

Job description

Location: Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

Join Fortinet, a cybersecurity pioneer with over two decades of excellence, as we continue to shape the future of cybersecurity and redefine the intersection of networking and security. At Fortinet, our mission is to safeguard people, devices, and data everywhere. We are seeking an experienced network security engineer to build, operate, and scale our SASE architecture, encompassing both logical and physical infrastructure managed through Infrastructure as Code leveraging both Fortinet products and Linux (OpenStack) systems.

You'll work across network architecture, security operations, and automation-designing solutions, driving incident resolution, and implementing systemic improvements to prevent recurrence.

This role includes participation in a 24x7 NOC on-call rotation and requires some staffed weekend coverage.

As a Senior Network Security Engineer, you will:

• Maintain network architectures across datacenter environments (logical & physical)
• Build and optimize network monitoring and observability systems
• Develop automation to detect, mitigate, and remediate network events and solve problems
• Perform root cause analysis and drive issues to resolution
• Maintain documentation and operational consistency across the infrastructure
• Contribute to technical discussions and long-range capacity planning
• Provide support to internal teams as a top-tier escalation point for all production issues

We Are Looking For:

An insightful and influential collaborator to join our team. We encourage you to apply for this position if you have the following qualities:

Networking (8+ years)

• Expert-level hands-on experience with L2 switching, IP routing, and protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRRP, STP, GRE, IPsec, SNMP)
• Large-scale BGP experience: public ASNs, peering, route arbitration, IRRs

Network Security (8+ years)

• Access control, threat management (vulnerabilities, malware, APTs, botnets)
• SSL inspection, content categorization, security/risk frameworks
• Fortinet product experience strongly preferred

Linux & Infrastructure (5+ years)

• Administration of RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu
• Web servers, SQL databases, LDAP, etc.
• OpenStack experience a plus (RHOSP/RHOSO preferred)

General

• Strong troubleshooting instincts and documentation habits
• Comfortable working independently in a ticket queue environment
• Clear communicator who can context-switch between deep technical work and stakeholder updates

Nice to Have

• Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible)
• Load balancing and DDoS mitigation at scale
• Certifications: NSE7/8, CCIE R&S, RHCSA/RHCE

Why Join Us:

At Fortinet, we embrace diversity and inclusivity. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and identities. Explore our welcoming work environment designed for a rewarding career journey with an attractive Total Rewards package to support you with your overall health and financial well-being. Join us in bringing solutions that make a meaningful and lasting impact to our 660,000+ customers around the globe.

We will only notify shortlisted candidates.

Fortinet will not entertain any unsolicited resumes, please refrain from sending them to any Fortinet employees or Fortinet email aliases. Should any Agency submit any resumes to Fortinet, these resumes if considered, will be assumed to have been given by the Agency free of any related fees/charges.

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