About the role:Our CSE Solutions team builds and validates the reference architectures that Fortinet’s largest service provider and MSSP customers deploy in production. We don’t just write slideware — we build, test, and ship Reference Solution Stacks (RSS) as executable artifacts, with validation pipelines that prove they work at carrier scale.We’re looking for an engineer who treats validation as a first-class discipline: someone who can stand up a multi-vendor topology, push it to its limits, and turn the results into evidence the field can sell on.
What you’ll do:
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Design and execute validation campaigns for Telco and MSSP reference architectures, with a focus on CGNAT, SecGW, SD-WAN, uniSASE, and large-scale firewalling
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Build performance and scalability test plans using tools like Spirent, Ixia/Keysight and FortiTester
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Contribute to Reference Solution Stack (RSS) — your validation work is the artifact’s release gate
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Automate test execution and reporting through CI pipelines so results are reproducible, not one-off heroics
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Work directly with field SEs on customer-driven validation requests, turning real opportunities into reusable evidence
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Feed findings back into Product Management and Engineering to shape what gets built next
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Produce clear technical documentation, live demos and Proof of concepts, and customer-facing reports
Hands-on experience in service provider, large enterprise, or MSSP environments — production scale, not just lab toys
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Solid Linux, scripting (Python or Bash), and comfort with virtualization (KVM, OpenShift and Hyperscalers)
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Sharp troubleshooting instincts across multi-layer, multi-vendor systems
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Ability to drive your own work — we run on consent-based governance, not micromanagement.
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The Validation & Lab Team has flat decision-making, clear role accountabilities, and high autonomy over your domain. If that sounds refreshing, you’ll fit. If you want a top-down hierarchy, you won’t.