Network Engineer

Palo Alto | Fortinet | F5

Role Summary

Architecture & Service Design
Define standard reference architectures for managed firewall, SD-WAN, VPN, WAF, and load-balancing services.
Design multi-tenant, scalable, repeatable architectures across customers.
Own HLD/LLD templates used by delivery and operations teams.
Ensure architectures align with SLA, RTO, RPO, and supportability constraints.

Platform Ownership (Critical)
Act as technical owner for:
Palo Alto (NGFW, Panorama, VM-Series)
Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, SD-WAN)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM, ASM/WAF, APM)
Define
HA standards
Upgrade and patching strategy
Backup and rollback models
Eliminate snowflake deployments.

SLA & Service Governance
Design services to meet or exceed SLAs (availability, latency, security).
Define KPIs and SLOs for network and security services.
Participate in
Service reviews
Incident reviews
Customer technical governance calls

Multi-Customer & Multi-Vendor Complexity




Handle dozens of customer environments with different constraints.
Design coexistence of Palo Alto + Fortinet + F5 in shared settings.
Balance security, cost, and operability not vendor purity.

Cloud & Hybrid Architect managed security services across:
AWS, Azure, GCP
Design
Hub-and-spoke / transit architectures
Secure cloud connectivity (IPsec, SSL, Direct Connect / ExpressRoute where applicable)
Integrate cloud-native services with Palo Alto VM-Series, FortiGate VM, F5 VE.

Required Experience (Hard Filters)

You must have
5+ years in network/security engineering
Proven ownership of 247 production environments
Deep hands-on experience with:
Palo Alto Networks
Fortinet
F5 BIG-IP
Robust routing expertise: BGP, OSPF
Real-world troubleshooting experience under SLA pressure

Certifications (Preferred)
PCNSE
NSE 7 / NSE 8
F5-CA / F5-CTS

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