Network Security Engineer-Firewall & F5 || Enterprise Implementation

Role & responsibilities

Job Description

We are looking for a Network Security Engineer with strong hands-on experience in enterprise-level firewall and load balancing implementation.

The candidate should have proven experience implementing and deploying FortiGate firewalls and F5 LTM/GTM across large enterprise or data center environments.

This is a project engineering role focused on design, implementation, deployment, testing and production go-live. Candidates with only BAU support or monitoring experience will not be preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure and implement FortiGate firewall solutions across enterprise environments.
• Configure firewall policies, NAT, VPN/IPSec, security rules and rule-base management.
• Perform hands-on F5 LTM/GTM implementation and deployment.
• Configure F5 VIPs, Virtual Servers, Pools, Pool Members and Health Monitors.
• Configure and implement F5 LTM load-balancing policies and traffic management.
• Work on F5 GTM/GSLB implementation, including Wide IPs, DNS and health monitoring.
• Participate in end-to-end projects from design and planning through implementation, testing and production go-live.
• Prepare and maintain HLD/LLD and technical implementation documentation.
• Perform production changes, testing, validation and post-implementation troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot firewall, load balancing and network connectivity issues.
• Work closely with network, security, application and project teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Follow enterprise change management and production implementation processes.

Mandatory Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with FortiGate / Fortinet firewalls.
• Hands-on experience in firewall policies, NAT, VPN/IPSec and rule-base management.
• Strong hands-on F5 LTM implementation experience.
• Hands-on F5 GTM implementation experience is required.
• Experience configuring VIPs, Virtual Servers, Pools, Pool Members and Health Monitors.
• Experience with F5 GTM/GSLB, Wide IPs and DNS-based traffic management.
• Proven experience in enterprise-level project implementation and deployment.
• Experience taking projects from design through production go-live.
• Strong understanding of network security and L2/L3 networking.
• Experience creating HLD/LLD and implementation documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Fortinet certifications such as NSE 4/5/7 or equivalent.
• Palo Alto firewall experience.
• Check Point firewall experience.
• SD-WAN exposure.
• Data center networking experience.
• Experience working on large-scale enterprise security implementations.

Candidate Profile

We are specifically looking for candidates with hands-on experience across:

Design HLD/LLD Configuration Implementation Testing Production Deployment Go-Live