Lead Deployment Engineer - Fortinet Migration

Lead Deployment Engineer

Position Summary

We are seeking a Lead Deployment Engineer to lead a multi-squad network transformation initiative focused on migrating enterprise security infrastructure from Check Point to Fortinet technologies. This individual will provide technical leadership, coordinate deployment activities, mentor engineering teams, and ensure successful execution of firewall, network, and automation initiatives across a large-scale global environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead teams responsible for Check Point to Fortinet migration activities.
• Oversee deployment, configuration, and optimization of FortiGate firewalls.
• Analyze existing Check Point firewall policies, VPNs, NAT configurations, and security architecture.
• Coordinate migration planning, execution, testing, and rollback strategies.
• Lead network segmentation and security modernization initiatives.
• Guide deployment engineers through implementation and troubleshooting activities.
• Work closely with NetDevOps and SRE teams to support automation and operational improvements.
• Participate in maintenance windows, change management, and production rollouts.
• Ensure all migration work follows enterprise security and compliance standards.
• Provide mentorship, technical leadership, and escalation support.
• Required Skills
• 7+ years of network deployment or network security engineering experience.
• Extensive Fortinet FortiGate experience.
• Strong Check Point firewall administration experience.
• Experience leading firewall migration projects.
• Cisco routing and switching expertise.
• VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN, Site-to-Site VPN).
• FortiManager and centralized policy management.
• Firewall policy analysis and migration.
• High Availability (HA) firewall deployments.
• Strong troubleshooting and leadership skills. 
• Preferred Skills
• Fortinet NSE 4/5/7 certifications.
• CCNP or CCNP Security.
• Arista networking experience.
• Python automation experience.
• Financial services experience.