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GEICO · 16 hours ago

Senior Staff Engineer, Hybrid Cloud Fabric

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $260K/yr

8+ years exp

GEICO is a leading insurance company focused on innovation and customer service. They are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer with expertise in service mesh technologies to enhance their hybrid cloud environment, ensuring secure and efficient communication between services while improving application performance and observability.

Auto InsuranceFinancial ServicesGovernmentInsuranceInternetMobile

No H1B

Responsibilities

Design and implement a robust service mesh architecture, encompassing traffic management, security, observability, and resilience for microservices across public and private clouds within our on-premises data centers

Integrate the service mesh with existing infrastructure and applications, ensuring seamless operation and interoperability with various platforms and technologies, including legacy systems

Establish and enforce service mesh best practices, including security policies, traffic routing rules, circuit breakers, and access control mechanisms, to maintain a secure and reliable application environment

Develop comprehensive monitoring and observability dashboards to provide deep insights into service mesh health, performance, and potential issues, enabling proactive problem identification and resolution

Guide and mentor engineers on service mesh principles and best practices, fostering knowledge sharing and expertise development within the team, empowering them to contribute effectively to the service mesh implementation

Work closely with networking and security teams to ensure secure and efficient integration of the service mesh with on-premises infrastructure and networks, addressing potential challenges and ensuring smooth operation

Partner with SREs to establish service mesh observability, monitoring, and alerting strategies for maintaining high availability and performance, collaborating to define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets

Actively engage with the Istio community, contribute to open-source projects, and represent GEICO's leadership in service mesh adoption

Qualification

Service mesh expertiseKubernetesContainerizationMicroservices architectureMonitoringObservabilityProgramming skillsLinux OSNetworkingSecurity best practicesSecurity integrationSRE practices for service mesh

Required

Deep expertise in service mesh technologies

Experience designing, implementing, and managing microservices architectures

Hands-on experience with Istio and service mesh technologies

Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms

Proven ability to lead technical projects and mentor other engineers

8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, DevOps, or related fields

6+ years of experience designing, implementing, and managing microservices architectures

4+ years of hands-on experience with Istio and service mesh technologies

Service mesh expertise (dev): Familiarity with mesh architecture, components, and configuration options, including advanced traffic management, security policies, and telemetry customization

Service mesh experience (ops): Designed, implemented, and managed service mesh solutions at scale, addressing challenges related to performance, security, and observability

Programming skills: Experience with Go is a must; Rust is a bonus

In-depth knowledge of Linux operating systems, including performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security best practices

Advanced understanding of networking concepts and tools (e.g., iptables, netfilter, traffic shaping)

Extensive experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms, including networking, security, and service management

Deep understanding of microservices design patterns, service discovery mechanisms, API gateways, and distributed tracing

Expertise in tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, and Kiali to monitor service mesh performance and troubleshoot issues

Knowledge of zero-trust security principles, authentication and authorization mechanisms, and encryption technologies within the context of service mesh

Knowledge of network protocols, security policies, and best practices for integrating the service mesh with on-premises infrastructure

Understanding of SRE principles and experience applying them to service mesh environments for reliability and performance optimization

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.

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

10001+ employees