Senior Engineer - DevOps - AZURE/C#/Python/Java (REMOTE)

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.

Under general supervision, DESIGNS and BUILDS high performance, low latency and highly efficient platforms across Business Services, Data, Platform, and Infrastructure Engineering with DevOps principles in an Agile Environment.
Essential Functions:
1. SCOPES, DESIGNS, and BUILDS scalable and resilient distributed infrastructure, platforms, and systems.
2. ENGAGES in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle.
3. LEADS design sessions and topology reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization.
4. EXECUTES Infrastructure and Software delivery UTILIZING an Agile methodology (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe) for continuous delivery, Infrastructure as code, PowerShell scripting, Operation Portals (e.g., Azure Portal) and Monitoring Portals (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace and Application Insights) in a robust, timely and cost-effective manner.
5. EXECUTES our migration efforts from Azure PaaS/IaaS services to Kubernetes (AKS), Docker containers or Web Apps/App Services by collaborating with Architects, Developers, Configuration Management, Network and Security teams.
6. BALANCES delivery of multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously, MENTORS and SUPPORTS engineers at all junior levels, SHARES best practices and IMPROVES processes within and across teams.
7. BUILDS infrastructure definitions for high resiliency requiring systems and LEVERAGES technical skills to troubleshoot across multiple verticals, execute multi-regions high-availability systems and provide operational support for systems under preview.
8. REPRESENT the team and PROVIDE excellent 24x7 production support on an on-call rotational basis.
9. ADHERES to the Code of Conduct, company policies, and operating principles.
10. MEETS attendance standard at business location to perform necessary job functions and to facilitate interaction with management and co-workers.
11. MEETS the requirements specified below.
• Must be able to, with or without accommodation, perform the essential functions which include, but are not limited to seeing, hearing, typing and speaking
• Must be able to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly
• Strong conceptualization abilities, detailed oriented, critical/analytical thinking & troubleshooting skills with ability to work independently and deliver consistent results to difficult problems
• Needs to be self-motivated and results driven individual. Be able to quickly adjust to changing priorities
• Independent and strong team player with a desire to learn by collaborating with peers and Application teams
• Must be able to use a PC
• Must be able to follow complex instructions, resolve conflicts or facilitate conflict resolution, and have strong organization/priority setting skills
• Must be able to multi-task and perform under pressure and stressful situations
• Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information and follow processes that have been published
• Must be able to provide system training to team members as needed
• Must be able to communicate in a clear, concise, professional oral or written manner, to be understood by customers, clients, co-workers and other employees of the organization
• Must have the following experience:
o Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field
o 3+ years of experience in Cloud DevOps and Cloud Architecture in Azure environments & offerings (PaaS, SaaS or IaaS), Network (Subscriptions, Load balancing, Firewall and DNS)
o 2+ years of experience with Azure Kubernetes, Azure functions, Web Apps, Cosmos DB, MS SQL
o 2+ years of experience in PowerShell scripting
o 2+ years of experience working with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace and Application Insights
o 3+ years of experience in Production support, incident triaging and Root Cause Analysis
o 2+ years of experience with MuleSoft or similar integration software
o 2+ years of experience with build and release automation products (e.g., ADO, TFS, VSTS, Git, Jenkins)
o 2+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates, CloudFormation

Annual Salary

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.

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.