Fortinet Perimeter Security Architect

Collyde; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Collyde is seeking a senior Perimeter Design Engineer to drive enterprise firewall design and governance, with emphasis on Fortinet security solutions. You’ll translate business needs into scalable security architectures across FortiGate, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer, while collaborating with Infrastructure, Cloud, and Operations teams.

You’ll guide architecture standards, assess security and scalability requirements, and mentor teams on best practices, automations, and lifecycle initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in cybersecurity, IT, engineering, or related discipline.
• At least 3–5 years in network security engineering with enterprise firewall design.
• Strong understanding of DMZ, segmentation, and secure perimeter architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-level and low-level designs for enterprise firewall and perimeter security solutions.
• Define standards, roadmaps, patterns, and reference architectures for firewall tech.
• Lead architecture reviews and design workshops with multiple teams.
• Mentor implementation teams and identify automation opportunities.
• Support lifecycle programs, hardware refreshes, and platform migrations.

Skills

Fortinet design

Security architecture

Perimeter security

Firewall design

Networking fundamentals

Team leadership

OSPF/BGP routing

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Cybersecurity/IT/Engineering

Tools

Fortinet Security Solutions

Check Point technologies

VMware / Linux / Windows OS

Arista/Cisco networking

Python / Ansible

Job description

Collyde is seeking a senior Perimeter Design Engineer to drive enterprise firewall design and governance, with emphasis on Fortinet security solutions. You’ll translate business needs into scalable security architectures across FortiGate, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer, while collaborating with Infrastructure, Cloud, and Operations teams.

You’ll guide architecture standards, assess security and scalability requirements, and mentor teams on best practices, automations, and lifecycle initiatives.