Senior Network / Firewall Specialist & Engineer

Experience 5+ years

Location – Bangalore

Hybrid mode

Rotational Shift - IST, 10:00–18:00 (weekend on-call)

Role Summary The Senior Network / Firewall Specialist & Engineer is a hands-on execution role within Pod A, responsible for core operations and incident handling during Shift 1 (IST) coverage. This person performs the build, migration, upgrade, validation, and decommissioning work for in-scope Fortinet firewalls under the direction of the Pod Network Architect.

Key Responsibilities
Rack, stack, power up, and baseline-configure target FortiGate 1800F devices; integrate with DNS, NTP, SNMP, Syslog, and CMDB.
Execute FortiOS 7.2.9 upgrades with pre-upgrade health assessments, HA synchronisation validation, and post-upgrade stability monitoring.
Migrate firewall rules, NAT policies, and routing using FortiConverter; complete rule-by-rule validation against the source configuration.
Run automated config backup, ping/health-diff, and pre/post validation using Ansible and Python tooling.
Perform parallel-deployment cutovers, validate service and traffic flow, and execute rollback testing where required.




Handle incidents and troubleshooting during the shift; capture RCA inputs and escalate complex issues to the Pod Architect.sssss
Decommission legacy 1500D / Cisco FPR-4110 hardware, remove stale configs/dependencies, and update diagrams and runbooks.

Required Skills & Experience
5+ years hands-on network/firewall engineering, with robust Fortinet FortiGate operations and upgrade experience.
Practical FortiConverter migration, FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer operations, HA, NAT, routing, and policy configuration.
Exposure to multivendor settings (Palo Alto, Check Point, Cisco ASA/NGFW) and DC cutover execution.
Scripting/automation experience with Ansible and Python for config provisioning, backup, and validation.
Comfortable with structured change processes, weekend cutovers, and detailed validation/documentation.
Available for IST (10:00–18:00) coverage including weekend on-call during cutover windows.

Certifications (Preferred)
Fortinet NSE 4 / NSE 5 preferred.
CCNA/CCNP Security or equivalent an advantage.

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