Fortinet · 2 months ago
SRE Specialist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $145K/yr
7+ years expFortinet is looking for a Staff SRE to help build and scale FortiSASE's cloud infrastructure. The role involves owning critical systems, eliminating toil through automation, and setting the technical direction for reliability across their SASE platform.
Cyber SecurityMobileNetwork SecuritySecurity
Responsibilities
Design and implement highly available, multi-cloud infrastructure
Build observability and automation solutions that prevent incidents, not just detect them
Lead technical initiatives across teams, mentoring engineers and driving SRE best practices
Own production reliability, from architecture decisions to incident response
Optimize performance across the full stack - from kernel tuning to application-level improvements
Qualification
Required
7+ years of SRE/DevOps experience with large-scale distributed systems
Strong OpenStack experience (VIO, RHOSP, or similar distributions)
Expert-level automation skills with Ansible and Terraform
Strong programming skills in Python and Bash scripting
Experience with Git-based CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar)
Deep understanding of networking (TCP/IP, BGP, load balancing, VPN technologies)
Experience building and maintaining custom orchestration solutions
Proven track record of improving system reliability and reducing operational overhead
Preferred
Experience with multiple OpenStack distributions and deployment models
Kubernetes experience with managed services (GKE, EKS, AKS)
Experience with SASE, SD-WAN, or zero-trust architectures
Familiarity with FortiMonitor or similar monitoring platforms (Prometheus)
Security certifications or demonstrated security expertise
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
11 paid holidays
Vacation time
Sick time
Comprehensive leave program
Fortinet equity program
Company
Fortinet
Fortinet is a provider of network security appliances that include firewalls, security gateways, and complementary products. It is a sub-organization of Fortinet Federal.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$89MKey Investors
Meritech Capital PartnersDEFTA Partners
2009-11-18IPO
2004-03-03Series Unknown· $50M
2003-08-29Series D· $30M
Leadership Team
Ken Xie
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Xie
Founder, President & CTO
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