Fortinet Engineer – Hybrid MD (Public Trust)

IBSS Corp; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Tuition/professional development reimb

FSA/DCA options

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

IBSS Corp. seeks a Fortinet Engineer to administer OMAO MACC Fortinet environments, including FortiGate firewalls and FortiManager policies.

The role requires on-site work three days a week in Silver Spring, MD, with on-call rotation for Severity 1 outages and close collaboration with the NOAA NOC and carrier partners. The candidate should have FortiGate experience, FortiManager management skills, and the ability to coordinate firewall upgrades, VPNs, and segmentation in a federal security

Qualifications

• 3+ years of network security or network engineering experience, including FortiGate administration.
• Associate's Degree required.
• Fortinet Certified Professional (FCP) in Network Security, or NSE4 certification.
• Hands-on FortiManager, FortiOS policy/object management, IPsec/SSL VPN, NAT, and security profiles.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain FortiGate firewalls and Fortinet Security Fabric components.
• Manage firewall policies, NAT, and VPNs using FortiManager.
• Plan FortiOS upgrades and apply security patches with minimal disruption.
• Configure routing (BGP/OSPF), SD-WAN, and VLANs on Fortinet devices.
• Monitor performance/logs with FortiAnalyzer and other tools; assist audits.
• Collaborate with NOC and carriers; participate in on-call rotation.

Skills

FortiGate firewall administration

FortiManager

FortiOS policy management

IPsec/SSL VPN

NAT and security policies

Routing (BGP/OSPF)

Network monitoring tools

FISMA/NIST 800-53 familiarity

Public Trust clearance readiness

On-site work in Silver Spring

Education

Associate's Degree

Tools

FortiGate

FortiAnalyzer

FortiSwitch

FortiAP

FortiClient

Job description

IBSS Corp. seeks a Fortinet Engineer to administer OMAO MACC Fortinet environments, including FortiGate firewalls and FortiManager policies.

The role requires on-site work three days a week in Silver Spring, MD, with on-call rotation for Severity 1 outages and close collaboration with the NOAA NOC and carrier partners. The candidate should have FortiGate experience, FortiManager management skills, and the ability to coordinate firewall upgrades, VPNs, and segmentation in a federal security