Senior Staff Engineer – Performance and Observability

Why Join GEICO? 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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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 applications .    You 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 continuous   improvement.   Position   Description   Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Staff Engineers to design, deploy, and   maintain   OpenStack-based environments. You will help lead the automation of cloud operations, support containerization initiatives, and help   optimize   our CI/CD pipelines.   The ideal candidate has   expertise   in monitoring and observability stacks, Python or similar languages, infrastructure deployment automation, and containerization technologies. Experience with OpenStack is   preferred, but   additional   experience in other   required   areas may offset .   Position   Responsibilities   As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:   Improve on monitoring,   observability   and performance of deployed systems   Design, deploy, and manage OpenStack-based cloud environments   Develop and   maintain   automation scripts and playbooks using Python, Ansible, and GitHub Workflows   Implement and   optimize   CI/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,   alerting   and 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   Proficiency   in Python programming and scripting   Experience with OpenStack administration and operations preferred   Strong experience with Ansible f   or automation and configuration management   Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions,   ArgoCD )   Proficiency   in Python programming or scripting   Good understanding of networking and security best practices in cloud deployments   Experience   with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)   Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment automation   Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills   Strong communication   and 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, or   on-premises ) is a plus   Experience with low level virtualization technologies (QEMU/ libvirt ) is a plus   Education   Bachelor’s   degree in Computer Science , Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience   #LI-RP2 Annual Salary $105,000.00 - $230,000.00 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:  Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity. Great Careers:   Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance. Great Culture:   Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success. Great Rewards:   Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future. 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