Fortinet Network Engineer / Architect

Job: Fortinet Network Engineer / Architect

Location : Costa Mesa, CA (onsite)

Contract: 4–6 months

Overview

Seeking a senior Fortinet engineer/architect to support a Cisco-to-Fortinet wireless migration. This role will embed onsite to stabilize network performance, resolve roaming/connectivity issues, and define a repeatable deployment model.

Responsibilities

• Lead wireless validation (Ekahau); resolve coverage gaps, roaming issues, RF interference, and misconfigs

• Troubleshoot FortiGate/FortiOS (policies, routing, NAT, HA, IPS/AV impacts)

• Optimize SD-WAN (rules, health checks, SLAs, BGP/OSPF overlays)

• Assess switching, VLANs, uplinks, and IDF/MDF readiness

• Conduct wireless stress testing (iPerf) and document findings

• Develop a standardized Fortinet deployment playbook

• Present findings and remediation plans to technical teams and stakeholders

Requirements

• Strong Fortinet experience: FortiAP, FortiGate, FortiOS, FortiWLC, SD-WAN

• Proven troubleshooting in complex enterprise wireless environments

• Cisco-to-Fortinet migration experience preferred

• Knowledge of FortiWLC vs. FortiOS controller models

• Strong routing (BGP, OSPF), NAT, and SD-WAN expertise

• Experience standardizing multi-site deployments

• Certifications

• NSE 4 (required)

• NSE 7 / FCSS (preferred)

• NSE 8 (preferred)

• Soft Skills

• Strong client-facing communication (technical + executive)

• Self-directed, hands-on problem solver

• Collaborative with internal teams