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With approximately 900 employees contributing to our success every day in 30 production facilities located in 14 countries around the world.\nWhat we have offer:\nFull benefit package\nCompetitive 401K\nPaid time off\nRole Overview\nWe 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.\nThis 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.\nKey Responsibilities\nFortinet Firewall Platform Ownership\nServe as the primary hands-on owner of the Fortinet firewall landscape, including FortiGate firewalls, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiClient EMS.\nConfigure, tune, and harden FortiGate firewall rules, policies, and profiles (IPS, web filtering, application control) to reduce attack surface while maintaining business-critical connectivity.\nManage centralized policy and device administration through FortiManager, and centralized logging, reporting, and analytics through FortiAnalyzer.\nAdminister FortiClient EMS for endpoint protection, deployment, and compliance across the enterprise.\nOwn site-to-site and remote-access VPN configuration and connectivity across globally distributed sites.\nMonitor firewall events and logs; triage, respond to, and remediate incidents, escalating with clear technical summaries and recommended actions.\nAssess, segment, and monitor OT/ICS networks across manufacturing sites to reduce risk while preserving operational continuity.\nSupport compliance, audit, and cyber-insurance requirements by maintaining firewall controls and producing evidence as needed.\nSupporting Network Infrastructure\nSupport the day-to-day operation, performance, and reliability of the globally distributed enterprise network.\nMaintain switching and routing connectivity (VLANs, trunking, and general LAN/WAN troubleshooting) that underpins the firewall environment.\nTroubleshoot and resolve network issues across LAN, WAN, and remote-access environments.\nMaintain accurate and up-to-date network and firewall documentation, diagrams, and configuration standards.\nCollaboration & Communication\nServe as the primary technical resource for networking and firewall operations within the IT team.\nCoordinate with managed service providers to ensure SLAs are met, and firewall standards are maintained.\nEvaluate and recommend third-party vendors and networking tools.\nCommunicate technical status, risks, and recommendations clearly.\nRequired Qualifications\n5+ 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.\n Strong hands-on experience owning and operating the Fortinet firewall ecosystem (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiClient EMS, VPN, IPS).\nWorking knowledge of enterprise switching and routing including VLANs, trunking, and general LAN/WAN troubleshooting.\nSolid operational experience with firewall monitoring, vulnerability management, and incident response execution.\nExperience supporting networks in manufacturing or OT-adjacent environments is a strong plus.\nAbility to communicate technical issues clearly and concisely with IT leadership.\nComfortable working in a small, lean, collaborative IT organization where self-direction, prioritization, and pragmatism are essential.\nPreferred Qualifications\nFortinet certifications, particularly NSE 4 (FortiOS), NSE 5 (FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer), NSE 6 (FortiClient EMS, OT); 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