Fortinet Network Engineer: Lead Design & Automation
Conexess Group
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Job summary
Conexess Group is seeking a Network Engineer to own the design, deployment, and operational health of our LAN, WAN, and MAN environments, with deep hands-on Fortinet expertise. This individual will operate with minimal oversight, set technical direction, and raise the team’s capabilities through mentoring and collaboration.
The right candidate will reduce manual toil through automation, implement proactive monitoring, and serve as an escalation point for other engineers, bringing 7+ years of
Qualifications
- 7+ years enterprise network engineering experience.
- 3+ years at a senior or lead level.
- Hands-on FortiGate/FortiOS expertise.
- Experience with FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer at scale.
- Automation with Python/Ansible and REST APIs.
- Strong routing/switching fundamentals.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN, and MAN infrastructure.
- Lead architecture and lifecycle planning for routing, switching, wireless, and security platforms.
- Own complex network changes end to end: design, peer review, test plan, implementation, validation, rollback.
- Produce and maintain topology docs, IPAM records, runbooks, and diagrams.
- Partner with security, systems, cloud, and apps teams to meet business/compliance needs.
Skills
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Job description
Conexess Group is seeking a Network Engineer to own the design, deployment, and operational health of our LAN, WAN, and MAN environments, with deep hands-on Fortinet expertise. This individual will operate with minimal oversight, set technical direction, and raise the team’s capabilities through mentoring and collaboration.
The right candidate will reduce manual toil through automation, implement proactive monitoring, and serve as an escalation point for other engineers, bringing 7+ years of
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