Global Network Engineering Director — Fortinet & Cloud Ops

PlanIT Group, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PlanIT Group, LLC is seeking a senior network engineer with 10+ years of progressive experience and a strong record in leadership. The role requires deep Fortinet proficiency, NetBox/API integration, and hands-on Azure networking in hybrid environments.

You will lead large-scale network programs across multiple countries and time zones, overseeing migrations, security improvements, and infrastructure transformations while maintaining excellent documentation and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive network engineering and operations experience with leadership.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise networks across multiple countries and time zones.
• Deep expertise with Fortinet portfolio including FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiLink, Fortinet SD-WAN, FortiClient EMS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAuthenticator.
• Experience with NetBox and API integrations.
• Experience using Semaphore, Terraform for network automation and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with Zscaler or Palo Alto Prisma Access.
• Azure networking and hybrid cloud connectivity expertise.
• Experience in regulated, audit-intensive, financial services, insurance, or multinational organization.
• Knowledge of routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, SD-WAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Regulatory, data-residency, privacy, cybersecurity, encryption, cross-border connectivity considerations.
• Experience leading major network implementations, migrations, or infrastructure transformations.
• Excellent written documentation, verbal communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to lead significant incidents and complex technical work across distributed teams and time zones.
• Ability to work remotely and travel domestically or internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and optimization of enterprise networks across regions.
• Coordinate complex network migrations and office deployments with global teams.
• Engineer secure, scalable, and compliant network architectures.
• Document architectures, playbooks, and incident response procedures.

Skills

Network engineering

Technical leadership

Enterprise networks

Fortinet FortiGate portfolio

NetBox

Terraform

Zscaler / Prisma Access

Azure networking

Global/regulatory networking

Incident leadership

Tools

Fortinet Suite

Semaphore

Terraform

Zscaler

Palo Alto Prisma Access

Job description

PlanIT Group, LLC is seeking a senior network engineer with 10+ years of progressive experience and a strong record in leadership. The role requires deep Fortinet proficiency, NetBox/API integration, and hands-on Azure networking in hybrid environments.

You will lead large-scale network programs across multiple countries and time zones, overseeing migrations, security improvements, and infrastructure transformations while maintaining excellent documentation and stakeholder communication.