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GEICO · 8 hours ago

Staff Engineer – CMaaS (Platform and Tools - VMs)

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$110K/yr - $230K/yr

6+ years exp

GEICO is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to help drive their insurance business transformation by building high-performance platforms and applications. The role involves leading the design and implementation of configuration management infrastructure and collaborating with engineering teams to innovate and enhance existing systems.

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Responsibilities

Design and architect enterprise-grade configuration management systems and platforms

Lead the development of configuration management tools, frameworks, and best practices

Drive technical decisions and establish standards for configuration management across the organization

Mentor and guide engineers on configuration management principles and practices

Develop automation for configuration deployment, validation, and rollback

Create self-service tooling for configuration management

Design scalable configuration management solutions that support thousands of services and environments

Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) patterns and tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.)

Build and maintain configuration management platforms and services

Develop automation for configuration deployment, validation, and rollback

Create self-service tooling for configuration management

Define the technical roadmap for configuration management capabilities

Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and methodologies

Drive adoption of configuration management best practices across engineering teams

Identify opportunities to improve configuration management processes and reduce operational overhead

Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in configuration management

Work closely with platform, infrastructure, and application engineering teams

Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to understand requirements

Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Document architecture decisions, patterns, and best practices

Present technical proposals and solutions to leadership

Ensure configuration management systems meet usability, reliability, security, and performance requirements

Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability for configuration management infrastructure

Troubleshoot and resolve complex configuration management issues

Establish disaster recovery and backup strategies for configuration data

Maintain compliance with security and regulatory requirements

Fulfill on-call responsibilities and offer operational support

Qualification

Configuration ManagementInfrastructure as CodeLinux AdministrationCloud PlatformsPythonVersion Control (Git)CI/CD PipelinesSoft Skills

Required

Deep knowledge of configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack, or similar), including authoring reusable modules/roles and establishing internal standards

Extensive practical knowledge and experience in Linux and Windows operating systems, internals, and command-line utilities

Experience with Operating System hardening practices and frameworks (CIS Benchmarks, NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs, PCI DSS)

Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines

Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Crossplane, Azure Resource Manager, CloudFormation, Pulumi, etc.)

6+ years of PaaS and IaaS software development experience

6+ years of Linux and Windows system administration experience

4+ years specializing in system design and implementation

4+ years of hands-on experience with Azure, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, or other cloud services

2+ years working with open-source frameworks

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Preferred

Professional experience in software development using modern programming languages like Python (preferred) or Go, Typescript, Java

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