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GEICO · 3 days ago

Senior Engineer, Site Reliability

Chevy Chase, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$82K/yr - $204K/yr

4+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Drive the overall strategy for the organization, aligning it with the organization's business goals and objectives

Provide thought leadership in the organization, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance the reliability of services

Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities

Design and implement robust strategies to ensure data safety, integrity, and correctness

Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data safeguard best practices into the development and deployment processes

Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on backup/restore systems

Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure organizational readiness in the event of a disaster

Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices

Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance data safeguard capabilities

Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve data safeguard capabilities

Work closely with executive leadership, IT teams, and stakeholders to communicate the importance of data safeguarding

Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on best practices in managing and securing data to stakeholders

Mentor and coach to strengthen the technical expertise of the engineering and product community

Influence and educate executives

Analyze cost and forecast

Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes, and demonstrate adaptability and continuous learning

Qualification

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SRE practicesSoftware developmentSQLNoSQL databasesHybrid cloud architectureContainer orchestrationIncident managementOpen-source toolsInfrastructure automationCloud securityMentoringProblem-solvingLeadershipCommunicationDetail-oriented

Required

Deep knowledge of SRE practices, methodologies, and principles, along with a solid understanding of on-prem and public cloud-based network, compute, and storage technologies

Fluency and specialization in software development and best practices using modern programming languages such as Go and Python

Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including stateful services management and storage

Understanding of networking, caches, key/value stores, load balancing, global load balancing, queues, DNS and CDN

In-depth knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture, IaaS and PaaS technologies, container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes), cloud efficiency and observability etc.

Strong background in incident management

Ability to create incident response playbooks, runbooks, incident triaging strategies, and post-incident analysis to drive continuous improvement in system reliability and availability

Experience with open-source management and monitoring tools

Experience with infrastructure automation, tooling, and configuration management frameworks (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Pulumi, Terraform, etc.)

Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance standards

Excellent leadership skills with a passion for mentoring and fostering professional growth

Detail-oriented and a drive for operational excellence

Visionary thinker with the ability to anticipate future challenges and opportunities

Excellent communication skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Proven track record of successfully leading and building software in large and complex organizations

Benefits

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

Company

GEICO

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GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company, has been providing affordable auto insurance since 1936. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway.

Founded in 1936

Chase, Maryland, USA

10,001+ employees