Distinguished Engineer - Networking

Geico Insurance•Dallas, TX

46d

About The Position

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That's why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Our Distinguished Engineer in Network Engineering will engineer solutions and empower the developer community with experiences, tools, and automated processes that reduce friction and improve developer satisfaction, flow, and cycle-times. This role will be heavily centered around engineer solutions with the goal to improve developer flow, reduce cycle times, and provide fast feedback loops. An important outcome of developer productivity engineering is to give developers hours back in the week in the developer experience so they can focus on accelerating solution delivery. 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 broad and deep technical knowledge supporting large scale and complex networks with a strong understanding of networking protocols, technologies, and standards.

Requirements

Exemplary ability to design and develop, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and network engineering roadmap
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
Demonstrated leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to inspire and influence cross functional teams and drive consensus on technical decisions
Highly proficient in architecture assessment and proposals
Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
12+ years of professional experience in Network Engineering experience
10+ years of experience with architecture and design
6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
6+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Responsibilities

Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of complex network solutions to meet business requirements and objectives
Develop and maintain network standards, policies, and best practices to ensure consistency, reliability, and security across the organization
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
Drive initiatives to improve network performance, scalability and reliability through optimization, automation, and proactive monitoring
Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for complex network issues, providing guidance and expertise to resolve critical incidents and outages
Represent the network engineering team in meetings, presentations, and discussions with senior leadership, stakeholders, and vendors
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
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
Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours support and maintenance activities

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family's overall well-being.
Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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