Network Security Engineer (Fortinet)

Network Security Engineer (Fortinet)

Location: Remote
Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 DOE

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Network Security Engineer to join a growing technical operations team, providing day-to-day support across a range of enterprise customer environments. This is a hands-on operational role focused on monitoring, diagnostics, troubleshooting and maintaining secure network infrastructures, with a particular emphasis on Fortinet technologies.

The position is primarily home-based, although candidates should be located within the North West, ideally around the Manchester area, to enable occasional customer workshops and team collaboration when required.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for enterprise network security environments.
• Monitor, diagnose and resolve network and security incidents.
• Support, administer and maintain Fortinet security platforms.
• Carry out troubleshooting across firewall, routing and switching environments.
• Manage configuration changes, software updates and security policies.
• Escalate and resolve complex technical issues where required.
• Work closely with customers and internal technical teams to ensure service excellence.
• Participate in occasional customer workshops and technical meetings.
• Maintain documentation and contribute to continual service improvements.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience supporting Fortinet security solutions.
• Hands-on experience with:
• FortiGate
• FortiCloud
• FortiFlex
• FortiManager
• Fortinet Security solutions (FortiSecurity ecosystem)
• Good Cisco networking experience, including routing and switching.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving network and security issues within production environments.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, VPNs, VLANs, routing, switching and firewall technologies.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Customer-focused with strong communication skills.

ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.