Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Why Join Us

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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States.

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.

About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, test, and promote network services and platform automation solutions using DevOps and CI/CD 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

Qualifications

• 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
• 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

Pay

Annual Salary: $75,000.00 - $215,000.00. 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.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Benefits

• Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.
• Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.
• Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.
• Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.