Senior Fortinet NGFW Security Engineer

Tiger Consumer Brands Limited; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Consumer Brands Limited is seeking a Senior Firewall & Network Security Engineer to lead end-to-end NGFW operations with primary focus on Fortinet FortiGate and related platforms. You will manage layer 7 firewalling, IPS/IDS, VPN, application control, web filtering, and malware protections to safeguard critical business services.

Responsibilities include policy governance, change testing, incident leadership, security hygiene, compliance reporting, and reducing lateral movement through

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of enterprise firewall/security operations experience.
• Fortinet FortiGate NGFW operations experience (policy, IPS, VPN, web filtering, application control, AV/UTM) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate NGFW services including next-generation layer-7 firewalling.
• Configure, manage, and tune IPS/IDS controls and VPN services across the firewall estate.
• Implement and maintain application control and web filtering with policy enforcement.
• Perform regular rule/policy changes with governance and escalation.
• Audit firewall configurations for compliance and integrity.
• Drive optimisation and recertification of rules and policies.

Skills

NGFW security controls

IPS/IDS

VPN management

Application control

Web filtering

Malware protection

Policy governance

Incident leadership

Change management

Education

Diploma/Degree in IT

Tools

Fortinet FortiGate

Job description

Tiger Consumer Brands Limited is seeking a Senior Firewall & Network Security Engineer to lead end-to-end NGFW operations with primary focus on Fortinet FortiGate and related platforms. You will manage layer 7 firewalling, IPS/IDS, VPN, application control, web filtering, and malware protections to safeguard critical business services.

Responsibilities include policy governance, change testing, incident leadership, security hygiene, compliance reporting, and reducing lateral movement through