Senior Network Engineer

Job Title Senior Network Engineer
Austin, TX (Hybrid)
6 months contract
Interview Type (Phone, Video, Face to Face) Video
Anticipated Start (in weeks) 2

3-5 Must Haves
Fortinet ecosystem experience (core requirement)
Firewalls
Switches
Wireless access points
Network monitoring tools
He said they are highly married to Fortinet (from the meeting transcript)
Fortinet NAC (Network Access Control)
Specifically called out as a requirement
Not just exposure needs meaningful hands-on experience (from the meeting transcript)
Strong networking fundamentals
Routing / switching concepts
Network design and configuration
Multi-site network environments (inferred directly from responsibilities he described like onboarding sites and network buildout no specific tools named beyond Fortinet)
Hands-on network implementation experience
Experience:
Building or standing up network infrastructure
Configuring environments (not just supporting them) (from the meeting transcript context of analyze what we ve done and buildout work)

Primary Skills
* Strong, hands-on Fortinet experience in enterprise environments (not just general networking)
* Meaningful hands-on experience with Fortinet NAC (explicit requirement)
* Strong networking fundamentals (routing/switching, segmentation, enterprise controls)
* Demonstrated experience building/configuring environments (not support-only backgrounds)
* Experience supporting multi-site environments and site cutovers/migrations

Preferred/Nice-to-Have:
* Led multi-site rollouts or modernizations where the network was built fast and later needed cleanup/standardization
* Experience performing high-risk cutovers with minimal downtime
* Broad Fortinet stack depth (beyond just FortiGate)
* Comfort working in a lean team with a big backlog and high urgency

What Success Looks Like:
* Network environment is cleaned up, standardized, and stable
* Networking backlog is reduced significantly, with clear forward progress week-over-week
* Remaining sites are migrated successfully with minimal disruption
* Network stops being a blocker for broader infrastructure/cloud modernization

Summary:
We are seeking a hands-on, execution-first Network Engineer to help close a major networking backlog, stabilize a newly built Fortinet environment, and complete critical site migrations-most notably bringing our HQ onto the new network.
This is not a break/fix or ticket-driven support role. The environment was built quickly and now needs assessment, standardization, cleanup, and completion across remaining sites.
The team needs someone who can own work immediately with minimal oversight.

Key Responsibilities:
Assess the network environment stood up over the past year and quickly understand what has been implemented
Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or incomplete configurations across the Fortinet stack
Drive cleanup and standardization to improve stability, security, and maintainability
Execute hands-on engineering work to move the network rollout forward (not -advisory-only-)
Finish partially completed network components and deployment efforts across sites
Improve configuration consistency, documentation, and operational readiness
Lead or heavily support site migrations from legacy network infrastructure to the standard Fortinet environment
Own -rip and replace without breaking anything- cutovers-focused on minimal disruption and strong change discipline
Prioritize onboarding remaining critical locations-especially NYC HQ, a current blocker
Configure, troubleshoot, and optimize Fortinet technologies across: Firewalls; Switching; Wireless (APs); Fortinet NAC (required); Monitoring and related tooling
Work with minimal direction: get access, assess quickly, prioritize effectively, and execute
Provide clear technical communication on progress, risks, and dependencies.