Senior Network Consultant

Bulletproof Solutions Inc; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401k Plan

Annual Discretionary Bonus

Vacation Time

Educational Assistance Program

Job summary

Bulletproof Solutions Inc is seeking a highly energetic and collaborative individual for the position of Senior Network Consultant. This role involves architecting secure WAN, LAN, WLAN, and SD-WAN environments and providing senior-level technical escalation for complex network incidents.

The ideal candidate will have at least 7-10 years of experience in networking, a relevant university degree, and solid knowledge of networking design including Fortinet and Cisco technologies. Benefits include comprehensive health insurance, 401k plan, and vacation time.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7-10 years of networking experience.
• Solid working knowledge of routing, LAN, WAN, and wireless technologies.
• Prefer candidates with Fortinet NSE certifications.

Responsibilities

• Architect secure WAN, LAN, WLAN, and SD-WAN environments.
• Support sales teams with pre-sales engineering and solution scoping.
• Conduct security assessments and firewall policy audits.

Skills

Networking design

Fortinet technologies

Cloud networking

Routing technologies

Security assessment

Education

University degree or relevant certification

Tools

FortiGate

Cisco

Microsoft Azure Networking

Job description

Position Summary

Bulletproof seeks a highly energetic and collaborative individual for the position of Senior Network Consultant.

Responsibilities

• Architect secure WAN, LAN, WLAN, and SD‑WAN environments using FortiGate, FortiSwitch, and FortiAP platforms.
• Design, deploy & support enterprise wireless solutions.
• Provide senior‑level technical escalation for complex network or security incidents.
• Support Bulletproof’s NOC environment and systems and provide best practice procedures for monitoring our clients.
• Provide network capacity planning and availability analysis.
• Support sales teams with pre‑sales engineering, solution scoping, and BoM creation.
• Conduct security assessments, firewall policy audits, and configuration hardening.
• Implement segmentation frameworks, micro‑segmentation, and NAC policies.
• Tune security profiles including Web Filtering, Anti‑Malware, Application Control, and Intrusion Prevention.

Required Education/Credentials/Qualifications

• Minimum 7-10 years of networking experience.
• A university degree, college certificate or diploma in information technology and/or relevant experience and industry certification.
• Solid working knowledge of networking design, including Routing, LAN, WAN, and Wireless technologies including Fortinet and Cisco.
• Professional level experience working with switching and other technologies such as Spanning-Tree VLANs, QoS, IGMP, Multicast, MPLS, VPN hierarchical network architectures.
• Professional level experience working with advanced routing technologies such as OSPF, BGP, EIGRP and SD‑WAN.
• Experience supporting Enterprise and Public Cloud hosted network environments.
• Experience managing and monitoring platforms using protocols such as SNMP, SSH and APIs.
• Preference to candidates with experience and/or certification in networking technologies, including Cisco, Palo Alto and Fortinet.
• Strongly preferred certifications:
• Fortinet NSE 5 (FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer)
• Fortinet NSE 6 (Advanced Security, OTSecurity, SD‑WAN)
• Fortinet NSE 7 (Enterprise Firewall, Public Cloud)
• Cisco CCNA

Other Qualifications / Experience

• Experience with Microsoft Azure Networking including virtual Fortigate and Azure Network Services.
• Experience with Fortinet Technologies such as:
  • FortiGate (NGFW, SD‑WAN, HA clustering, AV, IPS, Application Control)
  • FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer (centralized management, logging, reporting, automation)
  • FortiAuthenticator + FortiToken (MFA, SSO, identity-based access) as well as SAML Authentication with Clouds.
  • FortiSwitch/FortiAP (secure switching & wireless)
  • FortiEMS/ FortiClient (endpoint security)
  • Experience with ZTNA is an asset.
• Familiarity with ITIL processes is an asset.

Travel Expectations

You must be willing to travel 20% - 25% when necessary.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Optional Health Benefits
• Vacation Time
• 401k Plan
• Annual Discretionary Bonus
• Anniversary Reward Bonus
• Educational Assistance Program
• Additional Mental Health Benefits through our Employee Assistance Program

Equal Opportunity Statement

Bulletproof is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Bulletproof is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.