Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert

GDIT
La Grange, IL

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: Any Location / Remote
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ215195

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
External Border Gateway Protocol (eBGP), Fortinet FortiGate Firewall, Internal Border Gateway Protocol (iBGP), Network Engineering
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

Own the opportunity as a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert and help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our network solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert joining our dynamic team to work in a fast-paced environment with engineering, migration, and operations. We're looking for a self-starter, to work both as part of the team and on individual assignments, in an environment of customer mission delivery, integrity, and communications.

We're looking to fill this role with someone who currently has the experience, certifications, and skills to execute in large environments, is flexible and enjoys tackling challenges, and desires to join a large team that is building and sustaining a large, multi-tenant cloud platform/enterprise and migrating/expanding/automating the enterprise. If this sounds like you and you love to learn and grow with a team while delivering program milestones, then we'd love to hear from you!

HOW A FORTINET & NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
  • Extensive knowledge of FortiGate firewall platforms (physical/virtual/Multi VDOM)
  • Expert knowledge of BGP to include design, implementation, and troubleshooting
  • The ability to design, implement, and troubleshoot IPSEC tunnels between Fortigates and other common platforms (AWS, Palo Alto, and Check Point)
  • Knowledge of FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer to include deployment and daily maintenance.
  • Operational knowledge of AWS Networking to include Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, Route Tables, Cloud watch logs, Application Load Balancers, Network Load balancers
  • Knowledge of operating in an environment with IPV6 and IPV4
  • Work across teams, and external customer groups to develop strategy, design solutions, and advise implementation teams during infrastructure buildouts
  • Deal with escalations. Make assessments, recommendations or provide solutions to resolve issues
  • May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Required Education: BA/BS or equivalent experience

Required Experience:
  • 10+ years of experience in network engineering required, with at least 3 years focused on FortiGate Firewalls and BGP

Required Technical Skills:
  • Networking (Routing, Firewall, and Switching)
  • FortiGate Firewalls and BGP

Security Clearance Level: Ability to obtain and maintain a position of Public Trust

Required Skills and Abilities: Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience delivering presentations to diverse audiences at various levels of an organization

Location: Remote

US Citizenship Required

PREFERRED SKILLS:
  • Cloud Networking (Azure, AWS)
  • Fortinet Technology Suite

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $129,813 - $172,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
gdit.com/tc.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans



PI282524819




Own the opportunity as a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert and help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our network solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle.


At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Fortinet & Network Infrastructure Expert joining our dynamic team to work in a fast-paced environment with engineering, migration, and operations. We're looking for a self-starter, to work both as part of the team and on individual assignments, in an environment of customer mission delivery, integrity, and communications.


We're looking to fill this role with someone who currently has the experience, certifications, and skills to execute in large environments, is flexible and enjoys tackling challenges, and desires to join a large team that is building and sustaining a large, multi-tenant cloud platform/enterprise and migrating/expanding/automating the enterprise. If this sounds like you and you love to learn and grow with a team while delivering program milestones, then we'd love to hear from you!



HOW A FORTINET & NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

  • Extensive knowledge of FortiGate firewall platforms (physical/virtual/Multi VDOM)
  • Expert knowledge of BGP to include design, implementation, and troubleshooting
  • The ability to design, implement, and troubleshoot IPSEC tunnels between Fortigates and other common platforms (AWS, Palo Alto, and Check Point)
  • Knowledge of FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer to include deployment and daily maintenance.
  • Operational knowledge of AWS Networking to include Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, Route Tables, Cloud watch logs, Application Load Balancers, Network Load balancers
  • Knowledge of operating in an environment with IPV6 and IPV4
  • Work across teams, and external customer groups to develop strategy, design solutions, and advise implementation teams during infrastructure buildouts
  • Deal with escalations. Make assessments, recommendations or provide solutions to resolve issues
  • May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals




WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:



Required Education: BA/BS or equivalent experience



Required Experience:

  • 10+ years of experience in network engineering required, with at least 3 years focused on FortiGate Firewalls and BGP




Required Technical Skills:

  • Networking (Routing, Firewall, and Switching)
  • FortiGate Firewalls and BGP




Security Clearance Level: Ability to obtain and maintain a position of Public Trust



Required Skills and Abilities: Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience delivering presentations to diverse audiences at various levels of an organization



Location: Remote



US Citizenship Required



PREFERRED SKILLS:

  • Cloud Networking (Azure, AWS)
  • Fortinet Technology Suite




GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.



Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace



OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.


The likely salary range for this position is $129,813 - $172,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.



Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40



Travel Required:
Less than 10%



Telecommuting Options:
Remote



Work Location:
Any Location / Remote



Additional Work Locations:



Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.


We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.


Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
gdit.com/tc.


Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans







PI282524819

Posted 2026-02-21

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