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Base pay range$110,000.00/yr - $230,000.00/yr
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.
Our Staff Engineer is a lead member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and 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.
Position Responsibilities- Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams
- Own complete solution across its entire life cycle
- Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise-class business applications
- Accountable for the quality, usability and performance of the solutions
- Lead in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
- Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
- Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
- Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience in building products using micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
- Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
- Fluency in DevOps concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
- Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting
- Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
- Experience in Datacenter structure, capabilities and offerings, including the Azure platform, and its native services
- Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
- Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.)
- Experience in Genesis
- In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
- Wiki (Atlassian), CI/CD Pipeline, tesla, Azure Just-in-Time (JIT), VM Access, Azure Cloud Services (Classic), Azure Active Directory, Azure Automation Accounts
- Design and development of ALM features
- Development and Management EAP
- 6+ years of professional DevOps experience
- 5+ years of experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, or another cloud service
- 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
- 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
$110,000.00 - $230,000.00
The GEICO Pledge describes Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Equal Employment OpportunityThe GEICO equal employment opportunity policy 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. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job.
Seniority level- Mid-Senior level
- Full-time
- Engineering and Information Technology
- Industries
- Insurance
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