Distinguished Engineer - Networking

Geico Insurance-posted 3 months ago

$130,000 - $300,000/Yr

Full-time • Senior

Hybrid • Chevy Chase, MD

5,001-10,000 employees

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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. GEICO is seeking an experienced Distinguished 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.

Provide thought leadership in datacenter reliability for networks and servers, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies
Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities
Design and implement robust strategies to ensure maintainability and observability of our hardware and operating system assets
Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate GEICO best practices into the development and deployment processes
Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on our networking and datacenters
Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event of a disaster
Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents, Architecture, Software Development, Software Reviews, Testing, Production Readiness Reviews, among others)
Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance our datacenter capabilities including but not limited to processes, compliance, and visibility
Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our network and datacenter capabilities
Work closely with executive leadership, IT teams, and other stakeholders to communicate the importance of networks and datacenters and foster a culture of resilience
Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on network, hardware and datacenter best practices to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning

Fluency and specialization in software development and best practices using programming languages such as Golang and Python
Understanding of datacenter and LAN/WAN network designs with a focus on underlay networks and physical infrastructure
Understanding of operating systems and how they interface with hardware
Understanding of datacenter facilities, lifecycle and urbanization
Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including stateful services management and storage
Understanding of networking, caches, key/value stores, load balancing, global load balancing, queues, DNS and CDN
Primary Focus on managing infrastructure through code
Deep knowledge of SRE practices, methodologies, and principles, along with a solid understanding of on-prem and public cloud-based network, compute, and storage technologies
In-depth knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture, IaaS and PaaS technologies, container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes), cloud efficiency and observability etc.
Strong background in incident management
Ability to create incident response playbooks, runbooks, incident triaging strategies, and post-incident analysis to drive continuous improvement in system reliability and availability
Experience with open-source management and monitoring tools
Experience with infrastructure automation, tooling, and configuration management frameworks (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Pulumi, Terraform, etc.)
Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance standards
Excellent leadership skills with a passion for mentoring and fostering professional growth
Detail-oriented and a drive for operational excellence
Visionary thinker with the ability to anticipate future challenges and opportunities
Excellent communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

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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