Head of Engineering, Infrastructure

## Head of Engineering, Infrastructure Apply locations:
Palo Alto, CA:
Richardson, TX:
Bethesda, MD:
Renton, WAtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R0064732
** Why Join GEICO?
** 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:
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Head of Engineering, Infrastructure# The OpportunityGEICO is in the midst of an exciting transformation as a product and technology powered company. We are seeking a
** Head of Engineering, Infrastructure
** to lead Platform Infrastructure Engineering (PIE), the organization responsible for the compute, network, cloud, data center, and identity platforms that power everything GEICO builds and operates. This leader will report directly to the Chief Information Officer and serve as a member of the Foundations senior leadership team.

PIE is the largest team within the Foundations organization, which owns the shared infrastructure, developer tooling, data, identity, and platform services that every product and engineering team at GEICO builds on. Today, GEICO operates a truly hybrid, multi-cloud infrastructure — workloads run across on-premises data centers, colocation facilities, AWS, Azure, and GCP. This role will own the continued evolution of that environment, deepening cloud-native capabilities and optimizing workload placement while maintaining operational excellence across the full physical and cloud infrastructure footprint.

You will lead an organization of approximately 300 engineers and engineering leaders across eight functional areas:
Network Engineering, Data Center Operations, Data Center Systems Engineering, Hybrid Cloud Engineering, Identity and Security Engineering, Customer Success, Performance/Capacity/Fin Ops, and a strategic program management function. You will also partner closely with a team of Distinguished Engineers who provide deep technical leadership across cloud architecture, fleet management, OS and containers, security and identity, and hybrid cloud.#

Key Responsibilities
** 1. Cloud Strategy and Hybrid Architecture
*** Own the continued evolution of GEICO’s hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure across on-premises, colocation, AWS, Azure, and GCP
* Optimize workload placement and deepen cloud-native capabilities across all environments
* Mature platform abstractions that give engineering teams portability and cost optimization across clouds
** 2. Network Engineering
*** Own GEICO’s end-to-end Layer 3+ network, including backbone, edge, SD-WAN, branch office connectivity, and software-defined networking
* Drive network modernization to support modern traffic patterns across cloud and on-premises environments
** 3. Compute and Data Center Operations
*** Oversee physical data center strategy, including capacity planning, power and cooling, facilities reliability, and site lifecycle
* Lead fleet management, server hardware, storage systems, and OS across all environments
** 4. Identity and Access Management
*** Own the enterprise identity and security engineering function, including secrets management, certificate lifecycle, encryption, tokenization, and privileged access controls
* Ensure secure, compliant, and frictionless identity for all associates and systems
** 5. Developer Experience
*** Improve infrastructure developer experience by reducing mean time to deploy and delivering self-service provisioning
* Automate governance and compliance controls and enable infrastructure-as-code across the hybrid cloud
** 6. Fin Ops and Cost Optimization
*** Drive cost transparency and unit economics across all infrastructure…