Senior Network Automation Engineer (DevOps & Kubernetes)

GEICO; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO in Dallas seeks an experienced Senior Engineer to design and automate enterprise network services in a high-growth environment. You will collaborate across teams to deliver scalable platforms with automation-first approaches, ensuring reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes planning, prioritizing, and managing large projects, with a focus on TCP/IP networks, automation tooling, and cross-functional execution in a fast-paced setting.

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 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Network architectures

Automation & CICD

Python

Golang

Bash/PowerShell

Ansible

Terraform

Nautobot

Linux

Docker/Kubernetes

APIs & SQL

OSINT & network security

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Nautobot

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

GEICO in Dallas seeks an experienced Senior Engineer to design and automate enterprise network services in a high-growth environment. You will collaborate across teams to deliver scalable platforms with automation-first approaches, ensuring reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes planning, prioritizing, and managing large projects, with a focus on TCP/IP networks, automation tooling, and cross-functional execution in a fast-paced setting.