Senior Network Security Engineer - Malaysia

Fortinet, Inc.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer in Malaysia to design, build, and operate secure, scalable network architectures. You will work on SASE infrastructure, leveraging Fortinet products and Linux-based OpenStack systems, while supporting a 24x7 NOC on-call rotation and weekend coverage.

You will lead efforts in monitoring, automation, incident response, and capacity planning, collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain high availability and security across global

Qualifications

• 8+ years networking experience (L2 switching, IP routing, BGP/OSPF/MPLS)
• 8+ years network security experience (threat management, access control)
• 5+ years Linux infra administration (RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu)

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize network monitoring and observability systems
• Develop automation to detect, mitigate, and remediate network events
• Perform root cause analysis and drive issues to resolution
• Maintain documentation and operational consistency across the infrastructure
• Contribute to capacity planning and long-range strategies
• Provide escalation support for production issues to internal teams

Skills

Networking

Network Security

Linux Administration

Tools

RHEL/CentOS

Ubuntu

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Senior Network Security Engineer - Malaysia

Job Info

• Job Identification 23224
• Job Category Site Reliability Engineering
• Posting Date 11/11/2026, 04:44 AM
• Job Schedule Full time

Job Description

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 aSenior Network Security Engineer, you will:

• 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)
• Fortinet product experience strongly preferred

Linux & Infrastructure (5+ years)

• Administration of RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu

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.

About Us

Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.