Distinguished Engineer - Networking

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. 

Position Responsibilities  

​​As a Distinguished Engineer, you will:  

·      ​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

Qualifications  

·      ​​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

​​ Experience  

·      ​​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  

Education  

·       Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience  

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Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.  You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• 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.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.