Senior Staff Network Solutions Engineer
| Company | Geico |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, Washington, DC, USA, Austin, TX, USA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, Denver, CO, USA, Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA, USA, Boulder, CO, USA, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Salary | $120000 – $260000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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 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
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.