Network Reliability Engineer at Palomar Holdings, Inc. – Denver, Colorado

Why choose Palomar?

Palomar is a rapidly growing and innovative insurer focused on providing specialty insurance to residential and commercial customers. Palomar welcomes the best and brightest to our thriving team. Guided by an entrepreneurial spirit, Palomar is building a dynamic and diverse team.

Join a company built on a culture of agility, innovation and authenticity that delivers peace of mind and protection to individuals and businesses impacted by adversity.

Want to learn more about our exciting journey? https://ir.plmr.com/corporate-profile/default.aspx

We are Hiring!

Network Reliability Engineer

Location: Temporarily Remote; Denver, CO office planned

The Details:

Palomar is seeking a Network Reliability Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve the reliability, security, and performance of its enterprise network. This role establishes dedicated ownership of network infrastructure across multiple office locations and cloud environments, ensuring the network can securely scale to support business growth, new features, and ongoing expansion.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role requiring a self-starter who is comfortable taking end-to-end ownership of network initiatives. The role is responsible for modernizing network infrastructure, building tools and automation to support scalable and repeatable networking operations, implementing proactive monitoring, and reducing operational and security risk associated with network connectivity. The position includes regular travel to office locations to refresh and replace network equipment, perform initial configuration and deployment, and ensure consistent implementation of network standards across the organization.

What will you do:

• Design, implement, and maintain a reliable and secure enterprise network across multiple office locations and cloud environments
• Modernize and standardize network infrastructure, including firewalls, routing, VPNs, wireless, and network segmentation
• Establish proactive monitoring, alerting, and performance visibility for all network assets
• Optimize network performance and availability to support employee productivity and return-to-office initiatives
• Implement secure network architectures to support internally developed cloud applications, including firewall rules, access controls, and routing policies
• Develop automation for network provisioning and device onboarding (e.g., laptops, printers, office infrastructure) to improve consistency and scalability
• Manage and maintain relationships with network vendors and service providers, ensuring platforms are updated and protected against known vulnerabilities
• Troubleshoot and resolve network incidents, performance issues, and connectivity problems across offices and cloud environments
• Maintain network documentation, standards, and operational runbooks
• Partner with security, infrastructure, and application teams to align network design with broader technology and security

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or relevant experience
• 4 plus years relevant experience in Networking.
• 3 plus years of experience in some combination of cloud security, infrastructure security, penetration testing, firewall management, network security, security tools, architecture review.
• Experience with core networking concepts, including routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, and wireless networking
• Exposure to multi-site or hybrid environments, including basic cloud networking concepts
• Experience troubleshooting network connectivity and performance issues
• Familiarity with network monitoring tools and basic automation or scripting concepts
• Experience working with vendors or service providers under guidance
• Desire to grow into greater ownership of network reliability, security, and optimization
• Proven experience designing and operating enterprise network environments

• Strong understanding of network routing, switching, VPNs, firewalls, and wireless technologies
• Experience managing firewall platforms and enforcing network security controls (Fortigate Cloud, Rukus, Cisco, Azure, and Versa)
• Experience with cloud networking concepts (preferably Azure), including hybrid connectivity
• Ability to troubleshoot complex network issues across on-premises and cloud environments
• Experience working with network monitoring and alerting tools
• Strong documentation and operational discipline
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of a critical infrastructure domain.

We love people who want to:

• Build strong relationships through transparency, trust, and respect for each other.
• Work in an agile environment, with a resilient mindset to find creative solutions to challenges.
• Collaborate and celebrate diverse perspectives, promoting inclusivity and equality.
• Do the right thing with strong conviction and integrity.
• Be bold and innovative to help make an impact.
• Demonstrable track record of working autonomously and driving progress
• Be intellectually curious, think creatively, and pragmatic

If you thrive in a dynamic environment, and like working with happy, authentic, talented people, you'll enjoy a career with Palomar!

What will you get in return?

• Full Suite of Medical Benefits
• Long Term Financial Incentives – STOCK!
• 401k with 3.5% Automatic Fully Vested Employer Contributions
• Competitive PTO + Holiday Program
• Lifestyle Spending Allowance
• Professional Development Assistance
• Career Exploration Opportunities
• Regular company-wide social events (even virtually!)
• To learn more visit us at www.plmr.com

Diversity at Palomar

At Palomar, we are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion in all facets of the organization. We have built an open culture that celebrates the diversity of our workforce, while actively championing equality and inclusion practices that make us a company people want to work with and work for.

We believe that diversity, equality and inclusion yields greater organizational creativity and productivity, which helps us serve our customers and partners more effectively. Delivering on our diversity commitment returns greater value to our shareholders and ultimately makes a positive impact to the communities in which we do business and to the people who live in them

Accommodations:

Palomar will consider reasonable accommodations to ensure a qualified applicant with a disability can be considered for the position. Palomar will also consider necessary modifications to the physical work environment, or to the way a job is usually performed, so an individual with a disability can perform the essential functions of the position. Additional accommodations will be considered that enable an employee with a disability to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment like those that are enjoyed by other employees without disabilities.

For more information about our company, visit us at www.plmr.com. Palomar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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CCPA Job Applicant:

Pay Range: $110,000 - $130,000

The above pay range is for all US-based roles based on function and level, benchmarked against companies of similar size and scope. To be compliant with local legislation as well as provide greater transparency to candidates, we disclose salary ranges on all job postings regardless of the desired job location. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and the opportunity for annual long-term incentive stock grants. In addition, we offer a highly competitive benefits package. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and qualifications, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

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