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. Position Responsibilities As a Distinguished Engineer, you will: Develop and drive the overall tech strategy for the Reliability and observability tools organization, and report to the Senior Director Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership as Observability Domain Technical Champion 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 Observability Engineering domain Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on our backup/restore systems Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event of a disaster Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents, Architecture, Software Development, Software Reviews, Testing, Production Readiness Reviews, among others) Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance our data safeguard capabilities including but not limited to processes, compliance, and visibility Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our data safeguard capabilities Work closely with executive leadership, IT teams, and other stakeholders to communicate the importance of data safeguarding and foster a culture of resilience Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on backups/restores and security of data, matters to technical and non-technical stakeholders Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community Possess Finops discipline, Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning