Anthony H.

I’m a senior network and security engineer with 8+ years of hands-on Fortinet experience, specializing in FortiGate, FortiManager, large-scale deployments, and network migrations. I don’t just configure firewalls, I design, automate, deploy, and stabilize entire environments. My work typically involves complex Fortinet ecosystems with hundreds (or thousands) of devices, where reliability, repeatability, and clean architecture are critical. I’ve deployed and managed 1,000+ FortiGate / FortiWiFi devices across multi-site environments, built FortiManager policy packages and provisioning templates, implemented zero-touch and low-touch deployments, and automated Fortinet workflows using Python, FortiManager APIs, FortiOS APIs, and SSH. Clients bring me in when: Fortinet environments are messy or unstable Migrations need to be done correctly (not just copied configs) Scale breaks manual processes They want answers, root cause analysis, and fixes, not guesswork I debug first, fix the issue, and then explain exactly why it happened and how to prevent it going forward. Core Specialties Fortinet / Network Security FortiGate & FortiWiFi (40F → 900G, physical & VM) FortiManager & FortiAnalyzer SD-WAN (ADVPN, hub-and-spoke, BGP) IPSec VPN (IKEv1 / IKEv2, cert-based, SAML) ZTNA with FortiEMS, EMS tags & serial verification Central NAT, VIPs, IP pools DNS Database & AD-integrated DNS UTM: IPS, AV, Web Filtering, App Control FortiSwitch & FortiAP via FortiLink Network Migrations Cisco ASA to Fortinet Palo Alto to Fortinet SonicWall to Fortinet Meraki / Aruba / Cisco switching integrations Policy cleanup, object normalization, and architecture redesign Automation, Scripting & DevOps Python (FortiManager API, FortiOS API, SSH automation) Bash & Linux administration Automation for: Bulk device inventory & reporting Metadata variable population in FortiManager Standardized configuration enforcement Fleet-wide data extraction to CSV Ubuntu Azure networking Monitoring & visibility: Zabbix ntopng NetFlow Example work: Built Python automation to pull device data for 1,140+ FortiWiFi devices from FortiManager, export to CSV, and dynamically populate FortiManager metadata variables Automated SSH-based configuration deployment across large FortiGate fleets not fully managed by FortiManager Aggregated discovered device data from all FortiGates into centralized reporting for fleet-wide visibility My preferred approach: Debug first, explain later Clear root cause analysis (RCA) Clean, supportable designs Minimal vendor hand-holding required Comfortable working independently or alongside internal teams