Senior Engineer- DevOps

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’s Underwriting Systems department is looking for a dynamic, highly motivated and delivery-oriented senior Cloud engineer for an exciting opportunity in our DevOps team.  Our department delivers complex and mission critical systems for GEICO’s underwriting and rating needs and this team is responsible for its DevOps needs. The ideal candidate is someone passionate about applying DevOps concepts daily in their role as a DevOps engineer with strong infrastructure knowledge on Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, PowerShell, provisioning / deployment automation, and development knowledge on .NET and ASP .NET.

In this role you will:

• Contribute to the design/topology of our cloud platforms
• Lead cloud infrastructure projects and initiatives from design to implementation in a robust, timely and cost-effective manner.
• Collaborate with Architects, Developers, Configuration Management, Network and Security teams to resolve dependencies and ensure that deadlines are met.
• Be a contributing partner for our migration efforts from Azure PaaS/IaaS services to Kubernetes containers or App Services.
• Be able to balance delivery of multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously and sometimes be part of cross-cutting teams.
• Maintain and test on a regular basis our DRP / multi-regions high-availability systems.
• Provide operational support on Underwriting services portfolio and troubleshoot across multiple applications (L3 and  higher)
• Represent the team and provide excellent 24x7 support on an on-call rotational basis.

Technical & Business Skills:

• 3+ years of proven experience in Cloud DevOps, especially on Azure environments & its offerings (PaaS, SaaS or IaaS), Network, Loadbalacing, Firewall and DNS.
• 2+ years of proven experience with Azure Kubernetes, Azure functions, Webbapps.
• 3+ years of proven experience in Powershell scripting.
• 3+ years of proven experience working with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace and Application Insights.
• 3+ years of proven experience in Production support, incident triaging, Root Cause Analysis and on-call duties
• 3+ years of experience with building automation with Terraform.
• 3+ years of proven experience with build and release automation products (e.g. TFS, VSTS , Git, Jenkins)
• 3+ years of proven experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies (e.g. Terraform, ARM templates, CloudFormation)
• Understanding of Cloud APIs and Cloud technologies with some .NET & C# programing experience.
• Understanding of OWASP and security best practices
• Prior experience with 3rd party software’s such as FICO and Metastorm is a plus.

Soft Skills:

• Proven experience with Safe Agile or Agile development practices, methodologies (Sprint planning, Daily Scrums, Backlog grooming and updating ADO artifacts to ensure work is tracked appropriately) and Atlassian Products (Jira, Confluence, Service Desk).
• 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 within peers and Application teams.
• Effective organization and communication skills, both written and verbal to the extent of communicating technical issues to non-technical stakeholders eloquently.
• Experience with Change Management processes is a must, prior experience with tools like Helix (BMC) and Service Now is a plus.
• Proven experience in coaching and mentoring junior and offshore team members.
• Prior experience in Insurance Domain is a plus.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Azure Certification is a PLUS. AZ-900 will be required after joining. Any of the 70-4xx or 70-5xx (Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, implementing MS Azure Infrastructure Solutions) is a plus.

 

Annual Salary

$105,000.00 - $215,000.00

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.

 

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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.