Senior Staff Engineer – Performance and Observability

GEICO•Bethesda, MD

8d•$110,000 - $260,000

About The Position

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff 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.

Requirements

Strong experience with monitoring, logging, alerting and observability in cloud environments
Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting in cloud environments
Deep familiarity with tools like Grafana and Promethius
Experience with performance tuning
Proficiency in Python programming and scripting
Experience with OpenStack administration and operations preferred
Strong experience with Ansible f or automation and configuration management
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
Proficiency in Python programming or scripting
Good understanding of networking and security best practices in cloud deployments
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment automation
Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Strong communication and collaboration abilities
8+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering, platform administration, or infrastructure automation
8+ years of experience with OpenStack or similar cloud platforms
8+ years of experience with Python and Ansible
8+ years of experience with CI/CD systems and containerization technologies
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Nice To Haves

Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-premises) is a plus
Experience with low level virtualization technologies (QEMU/libvirt) is a plus

Responsibilities

Improve on monitoring, observability and performance of deployed systems
Design, deploy, and manage OpenStack-based cloud environments
Develop and maintain automation scripts and playbooks using Python, Ansible, and GitHub Workflows
Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery
Support containerization initiatives (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Troubleshoot and resolve issues in cloud and automation workflows
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams
Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Participate in on-call and operational support as needed
Mentor junior engineers