Network Security Consultant � Fortinet

Employment Eligibility Statement

Due to specific project and client requirements, this position is open to U.S. Citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) . Sponsorship is not available at this time.

Danta Technologies evaluates all candidates in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and EEOC guidelines . All hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Position - Network Security Consultant - Fortinet

Location - Salisbury, NC (Onsite)

Contract - 6 months & Extendable

Pay rate - $47/hr on W2/Danta Technologies payroll

Job Description - Network Security Consultant

The ideal candidate will have deep experience of networking technologies, such as Routing and switching, Firewalls, proxy, GNAC, IDS/IPS, routing, switching, managing heterogeneous environment & generate metrics related to Security, Network performance, capacity, availability, failure rates, and will also have a strong background in network performance management, service delivery and strategic operations planning with a strong technical orientation & creative in problem solving.

Required Qualifications And Experience

• Minimum 5 years of working in a Network / Telecommunications role, with expert level experience with Routing and Switching , Firewall Management, Proxy Management, IDS/IPS Management, NAC Management, SD-WAN, VPN, Firewalls, etc technologies
• Experience with technologies Forti Manager, Forti Analyzer, Fortinet Firewalls and Fortinet SD-WAN is must.
• Hands on experience with Azure Enterprise-scale reference architecture
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience - scripting and automation via AZ CLI/PowerShell, Bash, Bicep, JSON templates etc.
• Policy as Code (Client) experience
• Well versed in Azure cloud Security native security tools and network technologies
• Experience in creating architecture patterns for public cloud and cloud-native solutions
• Experience with assessments of cloud security.
• Hands on experience with IaC tools like, ARM, terraform, ansible, PowerShell, python, azcli, github.
• Working experience in any public ( Azure, GCP, Oracle , Aws or others) or hybrid cloud
• Experience on Cloud native or third-party firewalls on cloud
  
  

Knowledge And Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
• 5 years of experience designing and planning Azure environments in enterprise environments including application dependencies, client presentation mechanisms, network con
  
  

Key Responsibilities Include

• This is a hands-on technical role:
• Independently own the Security Infrastructure support solving complex issues and suggest design modifications as appropriate.
• Ensure SLAs are met - Responsible for performance analysis, proactive troubleshooting, and capacity planning for the Security platforms.
• Perform monitoring and maintenance of overall environment working with experienced team members.
• Perform change controls. Update process documentation and team portals
• Participate in troubleshooting, capacity planning and analysis, performance analysis & Root Cause Analysis.
• Communicate with peers and managers regarding system issues & participate in 24x7 on-call.
• Automate operational tasks to make processes simpler and more robust.
• Ability to handle multiple complex tasks in a dynamic environment, with tight deadlines concurrently.
• Refresh heat-maps and operations plans for campus network Security connectivity
• Monitor and analyze statistical data to develop improvement plans for network Security and application performance
• Provide an effective network Security capacity plan
• Develop and monitor global weekly and monthly trending reports by business sectors to justify future growth
  
  

Additional Responsibilities Include

• Oversees and directs all aspects of the 24/7/365 mission critical network/telecommunication infrastructure operations, including planning, supporting, and maintaining functions
• Serves as the senior-level escalation point for cloud security operations to resolve critical incidents
• Maintains policy and procedures manual, conducts monthly service review meetings with key stakeholders
• Provides leadership, management, direction, and technical oversight for the network Security operations department
  
  

Notes:- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits: Danta offers a compensation package to all W2 employees that are competitive in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, the option to elect healthcare insurance (Dental, Medical, Vision), Major holidays and Paid sick leave as per state law.

The rate/ Salary range is dependent on numerous factors including Qualification, Experience and Location.