Job Description

Sr Fortinet Test Engineer

Ashburn VA 20103

3+ Months Contract

Job Description:

Senior Security Engineer Fortinet SME

Join a dedicated lab team supporting one of the world's largest telecom providers and its U.S. government customer as they adopt next-generation Fortinet security platforms. You will design, build, and certify complex Fortinet architectures in a controlled environment before they are rolled into mission-critical production networks.

This opportunity is open to candidates local to Ashburn, VA, with the expectation of being on-site two days per week at one of these locations.

Senior Security Engineer requirements/qualifications:

• Security Clearance: Active or obtainable U.S. Public Trust.
• 7+ years hands-on with FortiGate, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer; deep expertise in routing, SD-WAN, SSL/IPSec VPN, UTM/NGFW policies, and multi-VDOM design.
• Proven experience architecting, configuring, and troubleshooting FortiGate HA clusters; skilled at diagnosing split-brain and sync failure conditions.
• Practical knowledge of FortiWeb, FortiMail, FortiAuthenticator, FortiSandbox, and related solutions.
• Proficient in Python or Bash scripting
• Comfortable developing detailed test plans, executing complex upgrade/rollback scenarios, and analyzing results.
• Clear technical writing, diagramming (Visio/draw.io), and the ability to brief both engineers and executives.

Senior Security Engineer's responsibility

• Create detailed test plans covering functional, performance, resiliency, and security use cases aligned to customer requirements and DISA STIG/NIST controls.
• Execute regression, upgrade, and rollback testing; simulate split-brain, sync failure, and session handling scenarios in HA clusters.
• Author Method-of-Procedure (MOP) and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents; peer review with Operations to ensure smooth production deployment.
• Produce design certification reports and executive briefs summarizing findings, risk, and mitigation steps.
• Partner with planning, engineering, and customer security teams to refine requirements and translate them into lab objectives.

Job Tags

Similar Jobs