Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert

General Dynamics Information Technology•Bossier City, LA

7h•Hybrid

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!

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