Network Security Engineer (Fortinet)

Salary: £50,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience supporting Fortinet security solutions.
• Hands-on experience with FortiGate.
• Hands-on experience with FortiCloud.
• Hands-on experience with FortiFlex.
• Hands-on experience with FortiManager.
• Hands-on experience with Fortinet security solutions and the 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.

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.

Technologies:

• Cisco
• Firewall
• FortiGate
• Support
• Network
• Security
• TCP/IP

More:

We are looking for an experienced Network Security Engineer to join our 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. The salary is £50,000 - £70,000 DOE.

last updated 31 week of 2026