Network Security Engineer

Fortinet
Sophia Antipolis, Frankfurt
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Troubleshooting","Documentation","Problem-solving"]

Experienced network security engineer to build, operate, and scale a SASE architecture across datacenter environments, using Infrastructure as Code with Fortinet and Linux (OpenStack). You’ll work on network architecture, security operations, automation, incident resolution, and capacity planning, with 24x7 NOC on-call and some weekend coverage.

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Fortinet
Fortinet
3 months ago

Network Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Experienced network security engineer to build, operate, and scale a SASE architecture across datacenter environments, using Infrastructure as Code with Fortinet and Linux (OpenStack). You’ll work on network architecture, security operations, automation, incident resolution, and capacity planning, with 24x7 NOC on-call and some weekend coverage.
Location: Sophia Antipolis, Frankfurt
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity

Key Responsibilities

  • •Maintain network architectures across datacenter environments (logical & physical)
  • •Build and optimize network monitoring and observability systems
  • •Develop automation to detect, mitigate, and remediate network events and solve problems
  • •Perform root cause analysis and drive issues to resolution
  • •Maintain documentation and operational consistency across the infrastructure

Key Requirements

  • •Networking (8+ years) with hands-on experience in L2 switching, IP routing, and protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRRP, STP, GRE, IPsec, SNMP)
  • •Network Security (8+ years) including access control, threat management (vulnerabilities, malware, APTs, botnets), SSL inspection and security/risk frameworks
  • •Linux & Infrastructure (5+ years) including administration of RHEL/CentOS and Ubuntu; OpenStack a plus (RHOSP/RHOSO)
  • •General: strong troubleshooting, documentation habits, and ability to work independently in a ticket queue
  • •Nice to Have: cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure); IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible); load balancing and DDoS mitigation; certifications NSE7/8, CCIE R&S, RHCSA/RHCE
Experience:8+ yearsITNetworkingCybersecurity
Skills:CommunicationTroubleshootingDocumentationProblem-solving
Certifications:NSE7NSE8CCIE R&SRHCSARHCE
Languages:English
Tech Stack:FortinetLinuxOpenStackRHELUbuntuBGPOSPFMPLSVRRPSTPGREIPsecSNMPTerraformAnsible

Company Brief

Fortinet
Provides enterprise cybersecurity solutions including data protection, cloud security, network security, and user and entity behavior analytics to help organizations prevent insider threats, secure cloud and on-premises environments, and enforce data loss prevention policies.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Austin, United States
Founded: 1994
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