Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert

General Dynamics Information Technology

9h•Remote

About The Position

Own the opportunity as a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert and help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our network solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert joining our dynamic team to work in a fast-paced environment with engineering, migration, and operations. We’re looking for a self-starter, to work both as part of the team and on individual assignments, in an environment of customer mission delivery, integrity, and communications. We’re looking to fill this role with someone who currently has the experience, certifications, and skills to execute in large environments, is flexible and enjoys tackling challenges, and desires to join a large team that is building and sustaining a large, multi-tenant cloud platform/enterprise and migrating/expanding/automating the enterprise. If this sounds like you and you love to learn and grow with a team while delivering program milestones, then we’d love to hear from you! HOW A FORTINET & NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT: Extensive knowledge of FortiGate firewall platforms (physical/virtual/Multi VDOM) Expert knowledge of BGP to include design, implementation, and troubleshooting The ability to design, implement, and troubleshoot IPSEC tunnels between Fortigates and other common platforms (AWS, Palo Alto, and Check Point) Knowledge of FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer to include deployment and daily maintenance. Operational knowledge of AWS Networking to include Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, Route Tables, Cloud watch logs, Application Load Balancers, Network Load balancers Knowledge of operating in an environment with IPV6 and IPV4 Work across teams, and external customer groups to develop strategy, design solutions, and advise implementation teams during infrastructure buildouts Deal with escalations. Make assessments, recommendations or provide solutions to resolve issues May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals

Requirements

BA/BS or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience in network engineering required, with at least 3 years focused on FortiGate Firewalls and BGP
Networking (Routing, Firewall, and Switching)
FortiGate Firewalls and BGP
Ability to obtain and maintain a position of Public Trust
Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience delivering presentations to diverse audiences at various levels of an organization

Nice To Haves

Cloud Networking (Azure, AWS)
Fortinet Technology Suite

Responsibilities

Extensive knowledge of FortiGate firewall platforms (physical/virtual/Multi VDOM)
Expert knowledge of BGP to include design, implementation, and troubleshooting
The ability to design, implement, and troubleshoot IPSEC tunnels between Fortigates and other common platforms (AWS, Palo Alto, and Check Point)
Knowledge of FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer to include deployment and daily maintenance.
Operational knowledge of AWS Networking to include Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, Route Tables, Cloud watch logs, Application Load Balancers, Network Load balancers
Knowledge of operating in an environment with IPV6 and IPV4
Work across teams, and external customer groups to develop strategy, design solutions, and advise implementation teams during infrastructure buildouts
Deal with escalations. Make assessments, recommendations or provide solutions to resolve issues
May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals

Benefits

Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.