Senior Network Engineer

GEICO•Bethesda, MD

7d•$75,000 - $215,000

About The Position

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. Our Senior Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to collaboratively design creative solutions to complex problems using automation. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high-quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate can plan, prioritize, execute, and manage large projects to deliver enterprise network services.

Requirements

Knowledge of common application architectures and communications protocols
Understanding of programming and scripting languages such as Python, Golang, Bash and PowerShell
Proficient using automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, Nautobot, etc.
Experience using Linux
Proficient with container technologies like Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.
Ability to work with nested data structures like JSON, XML, YAML
Ability to work with APIs and database query languages such as SQL
Familiarity with full stack network infrastructure functions including, but not limited to, switching, routing, IPAM, ADCs, and network controllers

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of common network architectures and communications protocols is desired
Understanding of network security principles and best practices is desired
Ability to perform advanced packet and/or protocol analysis throughout the seven-layer OSI reference model is desired

Responsibilities

Design, test, and promote network services and platform automation solutions using DevOps and CICD practices
Publish documentation sets for runbooks, as-built, and design reference
Develop and maintain processes and workflows using automation to improve quality and efficiency
Leverage network management platforms and practices to run large-scale deployments efficiently and effectively
Understand and promote network standards, reference architectures, and frameworks
Develop and maintain strategic roadmaps for network platforms and services
Support, operate, and maintain large scale, critical network environment, platforms, and services
Triage, analyze, and perform root cause analysis for network automation related issues
Provide 24x7 after hours on-call support and support for off-hour network automation implementations