Posted:
8/5/2024, 5:00:00 PM
Location(s):
Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States ⋅ California, United States ⋅ Austin, Texas, United States ⋅ San Francisco, California, United States ⋅ North Carolina, United States ⋅ Colorado, United States ⋅ San Diego, California, United States ⋅ Kansas, United States ⋅ Maryland, United States ⋅ Denver, Colorado, United States ⋅ Durham, North Carolina, United States ⋅ Lenexa, Kansas, United States ⋅ Texas, United States ⋅ Dallas, Texas, United States ⋅ Kansas City, Kansas, United States ⋅ Los Angeles, California, United States
Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
IT & Security
Senior Staff Network Engineer – Network Services
Position Summary
GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.
Position Description
Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Staff and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical knowledge supporting large scale and complex networks with a strong understanding of networking protocols, technologies, and standards.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:
Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of complex network solutions to meet business requirements and objectives
Maintain network standards, policies, and best practices to ensure consistency, reliability, and security across the organization
Work closely with the Security team to ensure Security best practices are enforced in an effective and scalable manner
Design, deploy, and support SD-WAN solution, ensuring optimal performance, security, and reliability
Implement and maintain wired and wireless security measures
Collaborate with the cross-functional teams to identify and implement innovative network technologies and solutions that drive operational efficiency and business value
Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend strategic investments and enhancements to network infrastructure
Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for complex network issues, providing guidance and expertise to resolve critical incidents and outages
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability, and sponsor continuous learning
Configure and maintain SD-WAN edge devices, gateways, and controllers to support dynamic traffic routing, QoS, and security policies
Collaborate with stakeholders and team members to develop customized SD-WAN designs and configurations
Monitor network performance and proactively identify and resolve identify and resolve issues to minimize and ensure maximum uptime
Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
Influence and educate executives
Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours support and maintenance activities
Qualifications
Expert-level knowledge of networking protocols, technologies, and standards including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, QoS, SDN, and SD-WAN
Extensive hands-on experience with network equipment and platforms from leading vendors such as Cisco, Aruba, and Palo Alto Networks
Strong understanding of network security principles, best practices, and compliance requirements including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and encryption
Highly proficient in architecture assessment and proposals
Proficiency in designing and implementing SD-WAN solutions
Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Experience
10+ years of professional experience in Network Engineering.
8+ years of experience with architecture and design
6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
CCNA and CCNP
CCIE is a plus
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Annual Salary
$130,000.00 - $260,000.00The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
Benefits:
As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:
*Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.
**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.
The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.
Website: http://www.geico.com/
Headquarter Location: Chase, Maryland, United States
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 1936
IPO Status: Private
Industries: Auto Insurance ⋅ Financial Services ⋅ Government ⋅ Insurance ⋅ Internet ⋅ Mobile