Senior Network & Security Engineer
e52e0b4b-5cad-4c2a-b333-ab6b048fd25d:19000101_000001 · Leawood, KS, US ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Security
- Experience
- 3+ years
Senior Network Engineer
Through the continuing ingenuity, dedication, and superior service of our employees through the years, Potters has grown into a $400 million global business. With approximately 900 employees contributing to our success every day in 30 production facilities located in 14 countries around the world.
What we have offer:
Full benefit package
Competitive 401K
Paid time off
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to serve as the primary hands-on technical owner of our Fortinet firewall platform. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operation, performance, and reliability of our FortiGate firewalls, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiClient EMS, along with the supporting network environment, across a globally distributed manufacturing organization.
This role operates within a lean, highly collaborative IT organization where everyone wears multiple hats. The ideal candidate thrives on hands-on work—configuring and hardening FortiGate firewalls, responding to network events, troubleshooting connectivity issues, maintaining documentation, and collaborating with colleagues.
Key Responsibilities
Fortinet Firewall Platform Ownership
- Serve as the primary hands-on owner of the Fortinet firewall landscape, including FortiGate firewalls, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiClient EMS.
- Configure, tune, and harden FortiGate firewall rules, policies, and profiles (IPS, web filtering, application control) to reduce attack surface while maintaining business-critical connectivity.
- Manage centralized policy and device administration through FortiManager, and centralized logging, reporting, and analytics through FortiAnalyzer.
- Administer FortiClient EMS for endpoint protection, deployment, and compliance across the enterprise.
- Own site-to-site and remote-access VPN configuration and connectivity across globally distributed sites.
- Monitor firewall events and logs; triage, respond to, and remediate incidents, escalating with clear technical summaries and recommended actions.
- Assess, segment, and monitor OT/ICS networks across manufacturing sites to reduce risk while preserving operational continuity.
- Support compliance, audit, and cyber-insurance requirements by maintaining firewall controls and producing evidence as needed.
Supporting Network Infrastructure
- Support the day-to-day operation, performance, and reliability of the globally distributed enterprise network.
- Maintain switching and routing connectivity (VLANs, trunking, and general LAN/WAN troubleshooting) that underpins the firewall environment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve network issues across LAN, WAN, and remote-access environments.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date network and firewall documentation, diagrams, and configuration standards.
Collaboration & Communication
- Serve as the primary technical resource for networking and firewall operations within the IT team.
- Coordinate with managed service providers to ensure SLAs are met, and firewall standards are maintained.
- Evaluate and recommend third-party vendors and networking tools.
- Communicate technical status, risks, and recommendations clearly.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in firewall administration and network operations, including 3+ years directly operating FortiGate firewalls, with demonstrated ownership of infrastructure and firewall tooling.
- Strong hands-on experience owning and operating the Fortinet firewall ecosystem (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiClient EMS, VPN, IPS).
- Working knowledge of enterprise switching and routing including VLANs, trunking, and general LAN/WAN troubleshooting.
- Solid operational experience with firewall monitoring, vulnerability management, and incident response execution.
- Experience supporting networks in manufacturing or OT-adjacent environments is a strong plus.
- Ability to communicate technical issues clearly and concisely with IT leadership.
- Comfortable working in a small, lean, collaborative IT organization where self-direction, prioritization, and pragmatism are essential.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fortinet certifications, particularly NSE 4 (FortiOS), NSE 5 (FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer), NSE 6 (FortiClient EMS, OT); NSE 7 Enterprise Firewall is a strong differentiator
- Experience in Azure/Entra integrated environments
- Experience working in globally distributed or multi-region IT environments
What Success Looks Like (First 12–18 Months)
- Network and firewall infrastructure is stable, well-documented, and consistently maintained.
- Fortinet platform is fully optimized—firewall rules tuned, policies hardened, logging and alerting operational.
- OT network segmentation assessed and hardened across manufacturing sites.
- CIO can confidently delegate day-to-day network and firewall operations to this role.
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to own and operate the full network and firewall stack for a global manufacturing organization.
- Direct access to the CIO—no layers of management between you and decisionmakers.
- Modern Fortinet firewall stack with executive support for continued investment.
- High-impact role where your work directly protects the business.
- Collaborative, lean IT environment that values pragmatism, accountability, and getting things done over bureaucracy.