Perimeter Design Engineer

Location: Mexico, Argentina, or Brazil

Work Model: 100% Remote

Client: Akkodis / AT&T; / Bank of America

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Perimeter Design Engineer to support enterprise cybersecurity initiatives focused on the design, architecture, and governance of perimeter security solutions.

This role requires strong hands-on experience with Fortinet security technologies, particularly FortiGate, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer. The idóneo candidate will have experience designing enterprise firewall environments and translating security and business requirements into scalable High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD).

Key Responsibilities

- Design secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise firewall and perimeter security solutions.
- Develop High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation.
- Design firewall policies, NAT strategies, VPN connectivity, network segmentation, and DMZ architectures.
- Define security architecture standards, engineering guidelines, design patterns, and technical roadmaps.
- Lead architecture reviews and validate designs against enterprise security standards.
- Support network segmentation, infrastructure modernization, data center transformation, and platform migration initiatives.
- Collaborate with Security Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Application, and Operations teams.
- Support firewall lifecycle management, including upgrades, migrations, hardware refreshes, and modernization initiatives.




- Provide senior-level technical guidance for complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
- Identify opportunities for automation and operational improvement across perimeter security platforms.

Required Technical Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Fortinet security technologies, especially:
- FortiGate
- FortiManager
- FortiAnalyzer
- Security Fabric
- High Availability
- SD-WAN
- Strong knowledge of enterprise firewall architecture and perimeter security.
- Experience with IDS/IPS technologies.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, routing, and switching.
- Experience designing VPN, NAT, DMZ, segmentation, and micro-segmentation solutions.
- Experience with Arista or Arista CloudVision (CVP), as well as Cisco networking technologies.
- Experience working with Windows, UNIX, and/or Linux environments.
- Experience developing HLD and LLD documentation for enterprise security solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice to Have
- Check Point firewall experience, including Security Gateways, SmartConsole, Management Servers, ClusterXL, VPN, NAT, and policy design.
- Fortinet certifications such as FCP, FCSS, FCX, or legacy NSE 4–8.
- Check Point certifications such as CCSA, CCSE, or CCSM.
- VMware certification (VCP6+-DCV or VCP6+-CMA).
- Python and Ansible experience.
- Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture.
- Experience with load balancing technologies.
- Financial services or highly regulated industry experience.

📌 Perimeter Design Engineer (MEXICO, ARGENTINA OR BRAZIL) (México)
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