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.

GEICO is seeking an experienced Distinguished 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.

As our Distinguished Engineer, you will work with our Manager and Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of technology, risk management, site reliability engineering principles and planning to design and implement resilient systems that safeguard our business from potential threats.

• Provide thought leadership in datacenter reliability for networks and servers, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities
• Design and implement robust strategies to ensure maintainability and observability of our hardware and operating system assets
• Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate GEICO best practices into the development and deployment processes
• Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on our networking and datacenters.
• Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event of a disaster
• Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents, Architecture, Software Development, Software Reviews, Testing, Production Readiness Reviews, among others)
• Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance our datacenter capabilities including but not limited to processes, compliance, and visibility
• Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our network and datacenter capabilities
• Work closely with executive leadership, IT teams, and other stakeholders to communicate the importance of networks and datacenters and foster a culture of resilience
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on network, hardware and datacenter best practices to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
• Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning

• Fluency and specialization in software development and best practices using programming languages such as Golang and Python
• Understanding of datacenter and LAN/WAN network designs with a focus on underlay networks and physical infrastructure.
• Understanding of operating systems and how they interface with hardware
• Understanding of datacenter facilities, lifecycle and urbanization
• Understanding of SQL and No
  
  SQL databases, including stateful services management and storage
• Understanding of networking, caches,…