Senior Fortinet Network Engineer

Veriipro; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro is seeking a Senior Fortinet Network Engineer with strong Azure networking, enterprise routing, VPN, DNS, and hybrid cloud experience to troubleshoot complex network issues and improve connectivity.

You will collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to enhance network reliability and resiliency across Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive Azure networking and hybrid cloud troubleshooting experience.
• Proficient in BGP routing, VPN, DNS, and firewall concepts.
• Hands-on with Site-to-Site VPN/IPSec and reading Terraform code.
• Strong analytical and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot complex Azure and hybrid cloud networking issues.
• Resolve routing, BGP, VPN, DNS, firewall, and connectivity problems.
• Analyze route propagation, asymmetric routing, and failover scenarios.
• Support connectivity across Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments.
• Review Terraform configurations and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Recommend improvements to network reliability, availability and performance.

Skills

Azure networking

BGP

VPN

DNS

Hybrid cloud

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Fortinet Network Engineer with strong experience in Azure networking, enterprise routing, VPN, DNS, and hybrid cloud environments. The role will focus on troubleshooting complex network issues, supporting cloud connectivity, and improving network reliability and resiliency.

Key Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot complex Azure and hybrid cloud networking issues.
• Resolve routing, BGP, VPN, DNS, firewall, and connectivity problems.
• Analyze route propagation, effective routes, asymmetric routing, and failover scenarios.
• Support connectivity across Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments.
• Troubleshoot Site-to-Site VPN, IPSec, and DNS issues.
• Validate HA, DR, resiliency, and network failover configurations.
• Review and troubleshoot existing Terraform configurations.
• Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, security, and operations teams.
• Recommend improvements to network reliability, availability, and performance.

Required Skills

• Strong Azure Networking experience, including VNet Peering, Azure Firewall, NSGs, UDRs, Load Balancers, Private Endpoints, Application Gateway, and API Management.
• Strong BGP, routing, route propagation, and network troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Azure Private DNS, conditional forwarding, split-horizon DNS, and BIND.
• Hands-on experience with Site-to-Site VPN and IPSec.
• Experience with Azure-to-AWS and Azure-to-on-premises connectivity.
• Ability to read and troubleshoot existing Terraform code.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

Nice to Have

• FortiGate / Fortinet experience.
• AKS networking.
• Linux networking.
• HA/DR and failover testing experience.