Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer Job Location: US-MD-Frederick Position ID: 2026-3278 | Openings Remaining: 1 | Category: IT Overview At Banner Life Insurance Company, we lead with heart and ambition. Every day, we transform purpose into progress, guided by our unwavering commitment to be better for our customers, clients, and communities, not just today but long-term as well. Our people are the driving force behind everything we achieve. Their passion, purpose, and pursuit of innovation empower us to deliver cutting‑edge solutions that support those we serve, ensuring we are here for you, here for good and striving for better. We're a forward‑thinking company energized by our work and how we show up for one another. Our culture is built on meaningful impact and genuine enjoyment, because we believe great work and great experiences should go hand in hand. By offering career development opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and programs that support your wellbeing, we help you thrive personally and professionally. We are here for you, here for good and here for better. Banner Life has experienced significant growth over the past several years, driven by digital transformation and platform‑led innovation. As we look ahead, we have an ambitious goal to more than triple our revenue over the next decade by expanding into new products, distribution channels, and customer experiences. Technology & Transformation plays a central role in enabling this growth. Our infrastructure strategy is evolving from traditional operations to a scalable, cloud‑enabled, and intelligent platform that can support exponential growth, resilience, and innovation. Within this context, Network Engineering is a critical capability building the secure, high‑performing, and future‑ready connectivity foundation that powers our digital enterprise. The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for defining, engineering, and evolving enterprise network capabilities that enable scalable growth, resilience, and secure digital operations across both on‑premises and cloud environments. This role acts as a domain authority, establishing network architecture standards, driving modernization, and building future‑ready connectivity platforms that support business expansion, digital experiences, and cloud adoption. Responsibilities Define and maintain enterprise network standards, reference architectures, and engineering guardrails aligned to future‑state architecture. Establish "what good looks like" for network design, security, and performance across the organization. Design and evolve network platforms to support business growth, increased digital traffic, and future scalability demands, including proactive capacity and performance planning. Anticipate future business and technology needs and build network capabilities ahead of demand. Lead network transformation initiatives including cloud‑native networking, zero‑trust architecture, SD‑WAN evolution, and legacy network decommissioning. Provide engineering leadership and support to managed service partners responsible for network operations (RUN), ensuring adherence to standards, performance expectations, and continuous improvement. Reduce operational dependency through automation, design simplification, and platform standardization. Treat network capabilities as enterprise platforms, enabling reusable, scalable, and standardized connectivity services across applications and business units. Act as the domain authority for enterprise network engineering and a key contributor to infrastructure strategy and roadmap. Lead hybrid cloud networking design including Azure hub‑and‑spoke connectivity, routing, and segmentation. Partner with Product, Application Engineering, Data, and Cyber teams to deliver integrated, secure, and high‑performing end‑to‑end solutions. Provide Tier‑3 escalation support for complex issues, focusing on root cause elimination and systemic improvement. Develop and maintain network documentation, standards, diagrams, and runbooks. Drive network automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, and policy‑driven networking to enable scalable, repeatable, and low‑touch operations. Introduce AIOps and telemetry‑driven insights to improve network reliability and proactive issue detection. Own technical engagement with network vendors, carriers, and service providers, driving architecture alignment, performance outcomes, and cost optimization. Drive adoption of modern network architectures including zero trust, SASE/SSE, cloud‑native networking, and secure hybrid connectivity. Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across the Network Engineering team. Qualifications Education BS in Engineering and/or Computer Science or equivalent experience One or more of the following certifications: Cisco CCNP, Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, Datacenter or Security Technical training in network operating systems Experience / Knowledge 8 years of experience in IT, configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS) Advanced technical skills and experience with L2 and L3 protocols such as IPSec, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, VPC, QoS, 802.1x. Familiarity with Cisco IOS, IOS‑XE, and NXOS Familiar with platforms – NetScaler, F5, Riverbed, Palo Alto, Cisco (Catalyst, ISR, ASR, Nexus, ASA/FTD) Skills Strong verbal and written communication of technical issues to management Comprehensive knowledge of technical and architectural aspects of enterprise‑wide IT Understanding of open‑source and tools for monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance analysis What’s in it for you? The expected hiring compensation range for this position is $127,500 – $175,350 annually. This is a hybrid opportunity working in Frederick, MD. The total compensation package may include a sign‑on bonus, long‑term incentives, annual bonuses, and an Annual Incentive Plan with a target payment of 20% of base salary, modified for corporate and individual performance. Bonuses are pro‑rated based on start date. The role offers 20 vacation days, 10 sick days accrued bi‑weekly, and 9 paid holidays annually. We provide a competitive benefits package focused on your overall wellbeing, including health, life, and dental insurance, 401(k) with a company match up to 6%, a pension package, generous time off, and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year. We value professional development and encourage mentorship and career advancement while supporting volunteers for causes you care about. Employment is at‑will. The company reserves the right to modify salary and benefits at any time for reasons related to performance or market factors. Equal Opportunity Employment We are an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity. The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities. #J-18808-Ljbffr Legal & General America