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Network Security Engineer (Fortinet) - Resident Engineer

C-Serv
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 7/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/22/2026

Columbus, OH   ·   Financial Services Client   ·   Direct Hire or Contract (W2/C2C)

Own the network security backbone for a major financial services enterprise, real ownership, not a support seat.

 

What you'll own

·       Day-to-day operation and support of enterprise Fortinet infrastructure in a high-security, financial services environment

·       Building methods of procedure (MOPs) for migrations, upgrades and releases that hold up under audit

·       Testing new features and releases before they touch production

·       Evaluating how third-party devices interoperate with Fortinet products

·       Training client staff so they're not dependent on you for everything

·       Being the person who catches issues early and escalates the ones that matter

Must-haves

·       7 years in LAN/WAN/Internet consulting, support or administration

·       5 years with network security products, 2 years specifically with Fortinet

·       Strong hands-on FortiGate firewall expertise

·       Strong knowledge of Fortinet SD-WAN design, with hands-on experience in a global, multi-site architecture

·       Comfort working in a regulated, high-stakes financial environment

·       Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship

Nice-to-haves

·       ADVPN experience

·       2 to 3 Fortinet certifications, EPSP-track certifications are the best-case scenario

·       Prior professional services or consulting engineer experience

·       Solid grounding in switching, routing, load balancing, WiFi, IPS, VPN, antivirus/antispam, web filtering and application control

What you'll get

Direct hire or contract flexibility, competitive rates paid and a placement with a firm that treats financial-sector security work as the specialist discipline it is.

Ready to be the engineer a financial services client trusts on the ground? Apply now, we're moving quickly on this one.

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