Senior Software Engineer - Iaas (Cluster Management) (Remote)

Senior Software Engineer - IaaS (Cluster Management)(REMOTE)
Position Summary
GEICO is seeking an experienced senior 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 Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Principal Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems as well as identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The Cluster Management team's mission is to bring to reality the next-generation container Cluster Management and orchestration platform on Kubernetes that is secure, reliable, scalable, and highly efficient. The ideal candidate has good technical expertise in Software Engineering, containers and Cluster Management based on Kubernetes, and open-source IaaS platform domain.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Engineer, you will:

• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
• Develop and execute technical software development strategy for the IaaS domain like containers and Cluster Management, while optimizing for performance and efficiency
• Own accountability for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
• Take on-call and operational support

Qualifications

• Strong foundations in Software Engineering including system design, implementation best practices, and testing
• Experience with REST APIs, Microservices, and containers
• Experience in software development with at least one modern programming language, including Go, Python, or Java

• Experience with open-source platforms with emphasis on building enterprise scale applications using caching, events, SQL, and NoSQL databases
• Hands-on experience with public and/or private cloud environments (OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Basic understanding and managing CI/CD toolchain products like Jira, Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Anchore, SonarQube, and IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef is a plus
• Experience with building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• Intermediate PowerShell scripting skills

• Understanding of security protocols and products such as: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
• Experience with continuous delivery (CI/CD) and infrastructure as code
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
• Strong problem-solving abilities

Experience

• 4+ years of professional PaaS and IaaS software development experience
• 3+ years of experience with system design and implementation
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
• 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks

Education

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

Annual Salary
$82,000.00 - $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.
GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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.