Onsite for first 90 days in Burbank, hybrid thereafter. Contract-to-hire. No 3rd party vendors, please.
Overview
We are seeking a skilled Network Administrator with hands-on Fortinet experience to support and optimize a complex enterprise network environment. This role will be responsible for maintaining high-availability infrastructure across LAN / WAN, data center networks, wired / wireless systems, and converged services while serving as an escalation point for advanced network issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support FortiGate firewalls, including configuration, VPN, SD-WAN, security policies, logging, and firmware upgrades
- Serve as Tier III escalation for network incidents, outages, and performance issues
- Maintain and troubleshoot enterprise LAN / WAN infrastructure across multiple locations
- Manage routing, switching, VLANs, ACLs, and QoS across Cisco and / or Juniper environments
- Support data center network technologies and connectivity
- Monitor network health, capacity, and uptime using tools such as Auvik or similar
- Assist in network change control, documentation, and standards improvements
- Collaborate with MSP partners and internal IT teams to ensure efficient issue resolution
- Contribute to continuous improvements in network performance, resilience, and security posture
Required Qualifications
3+ years of experience supporting enterprise or service provider networksFortinet experience required FortiGate firewalls (NSE 4 or higher strongly preferred)Demonstrated experience resolving escalated networking issues (Tier 2 / 3)Strong understanding of TCP / IP networking, routing, switching, VPN, network security, and wireless technologiesPreferred / Nice-to-Have Skills
Cisco or Juniper switching experienceCCNA or higher certificationMSP environment exposure including :Auvik or similar network monitoring platformConnectWise RMM and PSA tools or comparable solutionsExperience with converged services (voice / video over IP), SD-WAN, and data center networking