Firewall Engineer

Firewall Engineer (Fortinet) - Contract

Location: Primarily Remote (occasional travel to a UK office, approximately one day per week if required)
Contract Length: 4 months (with potential extension)
Day Rate: £450 - £465 inside of IR35
Start Date: ASAP

We are supporting a large enterprise organisation with the appointment of several experienced Firewall Engineers to join a major network transformation programme.

This is an excellent opportunity for engineers with strong Fortinet expertise to work on Firewall migrations, upgrades and deployment projects within a complex enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure and deploy Fortinet and Cisco Firepower Firewall solutions, with a primary focus on Fortinet.
• Deliver Firewall hardware migrations, including migrations between Fortinet platforms and Cisco Firepower to Fortinet.
• Perform Firewall OS upgrades and support implementation activities.
• Produce and review High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
• Troubleshoot and resolve live network and Firewall issues.
• Support project delivery through change management processes, including:
• Raising Change Requests
• Preparing pre-checks and implementation plans
• Completing post-implementation validation
• Assessing service impact
• Attending CAB meetings where required
• Work closely with infrastructure, networking and project teams to deliver successful implementations.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Strong hands-on experience with Fortinet Firewalls, ideally including the 1600D, 1800F, 3400E and 4200F platforms.
• Experience with Cisco Firepower, ideally including the Cisco 4110 platform.
• Experience using FortiManager.
• Experience using FortiConverter.
• Proven experience delivering Firewall hardware migrations and OS upgrades.
• Experience creating High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
• Strong troubleshooting skills within live production environments.
• Experience working within formal Change Management processes, including CAB.

Desirable

• CCNP-level knowledge of routing and switching.
• Previous experience working within large enterprise or regulated environments.