Network Security Engineer – Firewalls, Routing & SD-WAN
About The Position
MaxIT Consulting – Max Corporate Group is seeking a hands-on Network Security Engineer to support clients in the financial services and commercial banking sectors. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and troubleshooting secure enterprise LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, and firewall solutions across a multi-site environment built predominantly on Fortinet technology. The engineer will own escalated incidents, perform root cause analysis, and help stakeholders make technical decisions. This is an on-site, permanent, full-time position in New York City. The environment operates 24x7, requiring flexibility to support critical incidents. Occasional travel may be required. Relocation assistance is not available. A full benefits package and annual bonus eligibility are offered. Candidates authorized to work in the United States and candidates requiring a visa may apply; no security clearance is required.
Requirements
- 5 to 7 years of professional network engineering experience.
- Fortinet certification at professional or expert level: FCP, FCSS, or NSE 4–8.
- Advanced hands-on experience with FortiGate, FortiManager, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, and FortiAnalyzer.
- Strong knowledge of eBGP, iBGP, OSPF, IPSEC, traceroute, and NetFlow.
- Extensive experience designing, configuring, and managing enterprise-grade firewall solutions and network security architectures.
- LAN/WAN administration experience covering DHCP, DNS, VLANs, NAT, wireless, and switches.
- Experience designing and deploying multi-site environments with VLANs, MPLS, SSL, and IPSEC.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree.
Nice To Haves
- Cisco or Check Point certifications.
- Knowledge of Zero Trust frameworks and NIST CSF or similar standards.
- Experience with Pulse Secure Access Gateway and Citrix NetScaler ADC load balancers.
- Consultative experience guiding the selection of technical solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and transition firewalls, switches, access points, and other network solutions.
- Troubleshoot LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, routing, switching, VPN, firewall, and VoIP equipment, predominantly Fortinet.
- Perform root cause analysis for P1–P4 incidents and critical outages.
- Produce network assessments, capacity plans, detailed designs, implementation and test plans, configuration templates, and scripts.
- Create accurate network diagrams and design documentation using Visio.
- Support web-proxy environments such as Zscaler or McAfee Web Proxy.
- Escalate service issues and risks, and provide guidance to team members.
- Support critical incidents in a 24x7 operating environment.
Benefits
- Full benefits package
- Annual bonus eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
