Senior Network Engineer

Banner Life family of companies•Frederick, MD

41d•$127,500 - $175,350•Hybrid

About The Position

At Banner Life Insurance Company, we lead with heart and ambition. Every day, we transform purpose into progress, guided by our unwavering commitment to be better for our customers, clients, and communities, not just today but long-term as well. Our people are the driving force behind everything we achieve. Their passion, purpose, and pursuit of innovation empower us to deliver cutting-edge solutions that support those we serve, ensuring we are here for you, here for good and striving for better. We’re a forward-thinking company energized by our work and how we show up for one another. Our culture is built on meaningful impact and genuine enjoyment, because we believe great work and great experiences should go hand in hand. By offering career development opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and programs that support your wellbeing, we help you thrive personally and professionally. We are here for you, here for good and here for better. Banner Life has experienced significant growth over the past several years, driven by digital transformation and platform-led innovation. As we look ahead, we have an ambitious goal to more than triple our revenue over the next decade by expanding into new products, distribution channels, and customer experiences. Technology & Transformation plays a central role in enabling this growth. Our infrastructure strategy is evolving from traditional operations to a scalable, cloud-enabled, and intelligent platform that can support exponential growth, resilience, and innovation. Within this context, Network Engineering is a critical capability—building the secure, high-performing, and future-ready connectivity foundation that powers our digital enterprise. The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for defining, engineering, and evolving enterprise network capabilities that enable scalable growth, resilience, and secure digital operations across both on-premises and cloud environments. This role acts as a domain authority, establishing network architecture standards, driving modernization, and building future-ready connectivity platforms that support business expansion, digital experiences, and cloud adoption.

Requirements

BS in Engineering and /or Computer Science or equivalent experience
One or more of the following certifications: Cisco CCNP, Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, Datacenter or Security
Technical training in network operating systems
8 years of experience in IT, configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)
Advanced technical skills and experience with the following L2 and L3 protocols and technologies such as IPSec, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, VPC, QoS, 802.1x. Be familiar with Cisco IOS, IOS-XE and NXOS
Must be familiar with various platforms – NetScaler, F5, Riverbed, Palo Alto, Cisco (Catalyst, ISR, ASR, Nexus, ASA/FTD)
Demonstrated ability to communicate technical issues and information both verbally and in writing to management
Comprehensive knowledge of technical and architectural aspects of enterprise-wide IT
Must understand open-source and other tools to assist in monitoring, troubleshooting and performance analysis

Responsibilities

Define and maintain enterprise network standards, reference architectures, and engineering guardrails aligned to future-state architecture.
Establish “what good looks like” for network design, security, and performance across the organization.
Design and evolve network platforms to support business growth, increased digital traffic, and future scalability demands, including proactive capacity and performance planning.
Anticipate future business and technology needs and build network capabilities ahead of demand.
Lead network transformation initiatives including cloud-native networking, zero trust architecture, SD-WAN evolution, and legacy network decommissioning.
Provide engineering leadership and support to managed service partners responsible for network operations (RUN), ensuring adherence to standards, performance expectations, and continuous improvement.
Reduce operational dependency through automation, design simplification, and platform standardization.
Treat network capabilities as enterprise platforms, enabling reusable, scalable, and standardized connectivity services across applications and business units.
Act as the domain authority for enterprise network engineering and a key contributor to infrastructure strategy and roadmap.
Lead hybrid cloud networking design including Azure hub‑and‑spoke connectivity, routing, and segmentation.
Partner with Product, Application Engineering, Data, and Cyber teams to deliver integrated, secure, and high-performing end-to-end solutions.
Provide Tier-3 escalation support for complex issues, focusing on root cause elimination and systemic improvement.
Develop and maintain network documentation, standards, diagrams, and runbooks.
Drive network automation, infrastructure-as-code, and policy-driven networking to enable scalable, repeatable, and low-touch operations.
Introduce AIOps and telemetry-driven insights to improve network reliability and proactive issue detection.
Own technical engagement with network vendors, carriers, and service providers, driving architecture alignment, performance outcomes, and cost optimization.
Drive adoption of modern network architectures include zero trust, SASE/SSE, cloud-native networking, and secure hybrid connectivity.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across the Network Engineering team.