GEICO

Senior Staff Engineer – Performance and Observability

GEICO  •  $110k - $260k/yr  •  United States (Remote)  •  6 days ago
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Job Description

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Engineer with a passion for building high-performance,low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applicationsYou will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuousimprovement.

Position
Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Staff Engineers to design, deploy, andmaintainOpenStack-based environments. You will help lead the automation of cloud operations, support containerization initiatives, and helpoptimizeour CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate hasexpertisein monitoring and observability stacks, Python or similar languages, infrastructure deployment automation, and containerization technologies. Experience with OpenStack ispreferred, butadditionalexperience in otherrequiredareas may offset

PositionResponsibilities
As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:

  • Improve on monitoring,observabilityand performance of deployed systems

  • Design, deploy, and manage OpenStack-based cloud environments

  • Develop andmaintainautomation scripts and playbooks using Python, Ansible, and GitHub Workflows

  • Implement andoptimizeCI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery

  • Support containerization initiatives (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in cloud and automation workflows

  • Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams

  • Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

  • Participate in on-call and operational support as needed

  • Mentor junior engineers

Qualifications

  • Strong experience with monitoring, logging,alertingand observability in cloud environments

  • Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting in cloud environments

  • Deep familiarity with tools like Grafana and Promethius

  • Experience with performance tuning

  • Proficiencyin Python programming and scripting

  • Experience with OpenStack administration and operations preferred

  • Strong experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management

  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions,ArgoCD)

  • Proficiencyin Python programming or scripting

  • Good understanding of networking and security best practices in cloud deployments

  • Experiencewith containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

  • Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment automation

  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

  • Strong communicationand collaboration abilities

Experience

  • 8+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering, platform administration, or infrastructure automation

  • 8+ years of experience with OpenStack or similar cloud platforms

  • 8+ years of experience with Python and Ansible

  • 8+ years of experience with CI/CD systems and containerization technologies

  • Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, oron-premises) is a plus

  • Experience with low level virtualization technologies (QEMU/libvirt) is a plus

Education

Bachelor’sdegree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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Annual Salary

$110,000.00 - $260,000.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
  • Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
  • Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
  • Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.

GEICO

About GEICO

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) offers a variety of insurance such as vehicle, property, business, life, umbrella, travel, pet, jewelry and more. 

The company, which was founded in 1936, is the third-largest auto insurer in the United States and insures vehicles in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. 

GEICO, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, constantly strives to make lives better by protecting people against unexpected events while saving them money and providing an outstanding customer experience. Visit geico.com to learn more 

▪️ Building a Diverse Workforce ▪️

We are building a diverse and inclusive workforce. GEICO is dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported. Our company is focused on building a diverse workforce through a culture of intentional inclusion.  

▪️ Supporting Our Communities ▪️

Our commitment to being an engaged and involved corporate citizen is important to us. We work with supportive partners across the country that help us provide resources for people in need. Authenticity and inclusiveness are paramount as we give back to our communities. 

▪️GEICO Cares ▪️

Our employees can make a big impact by participating in company-wide social impact programs such as Giving Back Together and FastPitch. They can also volunteer with local and national organizations such as Shoes That Fit, Reading is Fundamental, and more. To learn more, visit GEICO in the Community. 

GEICO Has Office Locations In:

Regional offices:

• Buffalo, New York

• Dallas, Texas

• Fredericksburg, Virginia

• Indianapolis, Indiana

• Lakeland, Florida

• Macon, Georgia

• San Diego, California

• Tucson, Arizona

• Virginia Beach, Virginia

• Woodbury, New York

Service centers:

• Honolulu, Hawaii

• Kansas City, Kansas

• Iowa City, Iowa

Claims centers:

• Houston, Texas

• Marlton, New Jersey

• Seattle, Washington

Headquarters

Chevy Chase, MD

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Chevy Chase, MD
Year Founded
1936
Website
geico.com
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