Consulting Systems Engineer

Fortinet

Lead operation, automation, and continuous evolution of lab infrastructure for Fortinet. Act as a senior technical resource for pre-sales demonstrations and proof-of-concept activities.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRemote • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxOpenStackPythonSwitchingTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and lifecycle management of the regional laboratory.
Design, deploy, and continuously optimize the lab’s compute, storage, networking, and virtualization fabric.
Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines.
Automate routine operations: backups, snapshots, patching, environment resets, capacity and energy monitoring, and health checks.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and remediate physical and virtual infrastructure.
Maintain accurate, version-controlled documentation of all configurations, topologies, and changes.
Support strategic pre-sales engagements and key opportunities as a high-level regional technical resource.
Conduct technical meetings, presentations, and demonstrations for customers and partners.
Provide training and mentorship to Systems Engineers and partners.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Years of technical experience in networking, computing, or data-center/lab infrastructure, with a track record of building and operating complex environments.
Hands-on administration of Windows and Linux, plus virtualization and private-cloud platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere, KVM, or OpenStack), including building and optimizing a virtual data center.
Scripting and automation: Python and Bash, Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, Terraform), Git-based workflows, and comfort working with REST APIs.
Strong grasp of network infrastructure (switching, routing, BGP/OSPF) and network security enforcement (NGFW/VPN, segmentation, authentication).
Excellent written and verbal communication and documentation skills; able to present to technical and business audiences and manage complex work plans.
Modern secure access (SD-WAN, SASE, ZTNA), public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), and containers/Kubernetes.
SIEM/SOAR and observability tooling; traffic generation and validation tools (e.g., Ixia BreakingPoint).
Familiarity with AI/ML applied to infrastructure operations, observability, and content generation.
Relevant certifications (Fortinet NSE/FCX/FCSS, CISSP, CISM) or cloud/automation certifications.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Domestic and international travel is required

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Hard Skills & Tools

Infrastructure-as-Codeconfiguration managementCI/CD pipelinesscriptingautomationnetwork infrastructurenetwork securityvirtualizationprivate-cloud platformsAI/ML

Soft Skills

communication skillsdocumentation skillspresentation skillsmentorshiptraining

Certifications

Fortinet NSEFortinet FCXFortinet FCSSCISSPCISM