Sr Engineer - (Java, Microservices, Data/Systems Engineering) HYBRID

GEICO • Bethesda, MD

2d • $80,000 - $215,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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. The Senior Engineer role provides end-to-end technical leadership and operational support for workplace enterprise technology platforms supporting the digital mailroom, physical security & safety systems, and real estate facilities management environments. This role blends hands-on software engineering, systems engineering, platform administration, DevOps practices, secure design, and proactive service ownership across Windows/Linux servers and multiple SaaS platforms. In this role you will design, develop software solutions, configure, secure, monitor, and optimize highly available platforms that support critical workplace enterprise operations. You will be partnering with product owners, vendors, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into stable, scalable solutions while driving continuous improvement with product mindset. This hybrid role is designed to support our business partners and be co-located with tech teams, requiring onsite attendance 2-3 days per week or as business demands. The designated office location is within the DMV area.

Requirements

• Advanced programming experience with at least one of the object-oriented languages such as Java, C#, or C++
• Proven understanding of microservices oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• Experience architecting, and designing secure, scalable, highly available systems
• Strong database expertise with hands-on data engineering experience, including integration of MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQL Server/Oracle with enterprise systems.
• Strong background in enterprise infrastructure supporting Windows and Linux systems, including builds, configuration, hardening, and troubleshooting.
• Advanced skills with Windows Server, Active Directory, authentication protocols (Kerberos / LDAP / SAML / OAuth), and Azure AD/identity integrations.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, VLANs, and secure connectivity.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), hybrid environments, virtualization (vSphere/Hyper-V), and containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools, such as Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent solutions.
• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage deployments, mentor teammates, and collaborate across technical and business teams.
• 6+ years of experience in a hybrid-role as Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, Platform Engineer, or Infrastructure Engineer in an enterprise environment, with strong preference given to those owning or leading internal-facing platforms necessitating interactions with internal enterprise customers.
• 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
• 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure solutions for workplace technologies including but not limited to digital mailroom, physical security & safety, and real estate facility management technology platforms—covering on-prem systems, hybrid setups, and SaaS applications.
• Provide technical leadership to ensure strong engineering standards and operational excellence.
• Support, configure, and maintain both Linux and Windows server platforms, including application servers, integration components, and system services.
• Build production-ready configurations emphasizing reliability, maintainability, scalability, and testability.
• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and drive ongoing performance optimization.
• Execute DevOps activities including CI/CD pipeline management, automation scripting, monitoring setup, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Ensure platform observability through logging, alerting, dashboards, and automated health checks.
• Apply secure design practices, compliance controls, network segmentation, encryption, and access management.
• Manage platform lifecycle activities such as patching, upgrades, capacity planning, backups, disaster recovery and identifying opportunities for automation and standardization
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, vendors, and senior engineers, communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor teammates, share feedback, and support continuous improvement of engineering practices and delivery processes.
• Build strong relationships with teammates, managers, and business partners to drive effective platform ownership and service delivery.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level