Head of Engineering, Infrastructure

GEICO

Head of Engineering overseeing GEICO’s infrastructure transformation across cloud and hybrid systems. Leading a team of 300 engineers for cloud-native capabilities and operational excellence.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timePalo Alto • California, Maryland, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $294,000 - $546,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Cloud Strategy and Hybrid Architecture: Own the continued evolution of GEICO’s hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure across on-premises, colocation, AWS, Azure, and GCP
Network Engineering: Own GEICO’s end-to-end Layer 3+ network, including backbone, edge, SD-WAN, branch office connectivity, and software-defined networking
Compute and Data Center Operations: Oversee physical data center strategy, including capacity planning, power and cooling, facilities reliability, and site lifecycle
Identity and Access Management: Own the enterprise identity and security engineering function, including secrets management, certificate lifecycle, encryption, tokenization, and privileged access controls
Developer Experience: Improve infrastructure developer experience by reducing mean time to deploy and delivering self-service provisioning
FinOps and Cost Optimization: Drive cost transparency and unit economics across all infrastructure services
Compliance and Operational Excellence: Ensure infrastructure meets regulatory and compliance requirements (NYDFS, PCI, and others)
Organizational Leadership: Build, scale, and develop a high-performing infrastructure engineering organization of approximately 300 engineers and leaders

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience in infrastructure, with at least 5 years leading large-scale infrastructure organizations (200+ engineers) at the VP or Head-of level
Deep experience operating across hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises/colocation)
Demonstrated track record of optimizing workload placement and deepening cloud-native adoption at enterprise scale
Strong technical grounding across networking, compute, storage, identity/access management, and data center operations
Proven ability to lead large-scale data center buildouts, site migrations, and decommissions while maintaining business continuity
Experience building and operating modern network architectures, including software-defined networking and SD-WAN
Strong executive communication skills, able to present strategy, risk, and tradeoffs clearly to C-level leadership and board-level audiences
Experience operating in a regulated industry (financial services, insurance, healthcare, or equivalent) with fluency in compliance frameworks (e.g., NYDFS, PCI-DSS, SOX)
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

Benefits

Comp & perks

Premier Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance with no waiting period
Paid Vacation, Sick, and Parental Leave
401(k) Plan with up to 6% company matching
Tuition Assistance including Direct Billing and Reimbursement
Paid Training, Licensures, and Certificates

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Hard Skills & Tools

Cloud StrategyNetwork ArchitectureData Center OperationsSecrets ManagementCapacity PlanningSoftware-Defined NetworkingTokenizationEncryptionCost OptimizationWorkload Optimization

Soft Skills

Executive CommunicationLeadership DevelopmentStrategic Presentation