Senior Network Security Engineer
SNS India · Mumbai, India ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Security
- Experience
- 7+ years
Senior network security engineer who designs, configures, and troubleshoots FortiGate (and other) firewalls, handles VPN/NAT/routing and switching issues, resolves critical incidents within SLAs, and mentors junior engineers. Core stack: FortiGate firewalls, enterprise routing/switching, plus CCNA and Fortinet NSE certifications.
- Design, configure, manage, and troubleshoot FortiGate Firewall or any other firewall environments.
- Handle advanced firewall configurations, security policies, NAT, VPN, routing, and related security features.
- Troubleshoot complex Routing and Switching issues across enterprise network environments.
- Analyze and resolve critical network and security incidents within defined SLAs.
- Perform firewall configuration changes, upgrades, migrations, and optimization activities.
- Monitor network security infrastructure and proactively identify potential issues.
- Work closely with internal teams, customers, and vendors to resolve complex technical issues.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers.
- Review configurations and troubleshooting approaches to ensure adherence to technical and security standards.
- Maintain detailed documentation of network configurations, changes, incidents, and solutions.
- Participate in major incident handling, change implementation, and infrastructure improvement activities.
Requirements
- 7-10 years of experience in Network Security / Network Administration.
- Strong troubleshooting mindset with the ability to analyze and resolve technical issues.
- Ability to work independently and provide technical leadership to the team and Team management.
- Comfortable working in a customer-facing technical environment.
- Fortinet NSE certification is mandatory or any-other relevant certifications.
- CCNA certification is mandatory.