Senior Staff Network Engineer

GEICO•Austin, TX

21d

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 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.

Requirements

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
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
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
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
Design, deploy, and support Wireless 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

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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