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# Senior Network Engineer

- **Company:** GEICO
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $75,000.0 - $215,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Applications Architecture, Bash Shell, Communications Protocols, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Database Queries, Linux, DevOps, OSI Models, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Network Architecture, Routing, Network Service, Network Administration, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, Standard Sql, Extensible Markup Language (XML), YAML, Computer Networking Systems, Containerization, Kubernetes, Terraform, Open Network Automation Platform, Docker, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fe360e0c97071ab7

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

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., As a Senior Engineer, you will:

 * Design, test, and promote network services and platform automation solutions using DevOps and CICD 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


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