Senior Network Security Engineer - SASE & Automation Lead

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

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