Senior Engineer SRE (REMOTE)

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer with a passion for building high performance, low-latency platforms and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we redefine experience for our customers.

At GEICO the Senior Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across Business Services Engineering, Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure Engineering to ensure that we provide a fiction-less experience to our customers, maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.

Responsibilities & Requirements

• Experience working as an Infrastructure, Middleware, DevOps engineer on Linux, Windows Operating Systems

• Experience with installation, configuration, administration of Web Servers, Application Servers (Apache, JBoss EAP, WildFly, Apache Tomcat, IIS, Dot-Net, WebSphere)

• Automation scripting experience with a couple or more programming languages like Python, PowerShell, Linux Shell, Ansible, Puppet and knowledge on SQL queries, Java, dotNet

• Advanced hands on experience working with Terraform and Kubernetes

• Experience on configuration and administration on messaging systems – IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka

• Advanced understanding of DevOps, Cloud concepts (Azure DevOps framework), experience & knowledge with Enterprise Cloud platforms, enterprise data center technologies including storage platforms, networks, security infrastructure

• Understanding of Security Protocols & Products: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth

• Collaborate, support, work with Managed cloud vendor, coordinate with GEICO teams to support daily operations, releases, Disaster Recovery exercises.

• Knowledge on DNS resolution, subnet masking, firewall concepts, processes; support & work with N/W team, Managed Cloud partner team, internal teams with the firewall requests, including providing guidance on requests and connection validations

• Determines systems software design requirements, ensures system/applications improvements are successfully implemented and monitored for better efficiency

• Support triage calls at a tier 2 level with good technical problem solving, analytical skills, logical thinking to provide resolutions to a diverse range of complex issues & ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Understand System design architecture, design patterns of current and future systems

• Experience in analyzing, monitoring applications, systems with monitoring tools - DynaTrace, Sentry, Splunk, Grafana, Loki, similar tools.

• Advanced hands-on experience creating Grafana operational dashboards, data visualization using Grafana

• Experience with software tools - Microsoft ADO, Sharepoint, PowerBI, Helix, Confluence or similar

• Provide 24/7 operations support for production, other critical environments, DevOps multi-tasking and with clear communication skills

• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle.

• Build resilient services for extending and improving DevOps capabilities.

• Mentor other engineers, consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.

Experience

5+ years of professional software, system architecture & design, data analytics engineering experience

2+ years of experience with data visualization tools

2+ years of experience on Cloud platform – Azure, AWS, hybrid data center

2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks

Education

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

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Annual Salary

$72,000.00 - $185,000.00

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.

 

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location.  Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

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.