Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GEICO is a well-known insurance company that offers a rewarding career with endless possibilities. They are seeking an experienced Distinguished Engineer to innovate and build high-performance systems, enhance existing systems, and drive the company's transformation into a tech organization focused on engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
- Provide thought leadership in datacenter reliability for networks and servers, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities
- Design and implement robust strategies to ensure maintainability and observability of our hardware and operating system assets
- 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 GEICO best practices into the development and deployment processes
- Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on our networking and datacenters
- Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event of a disaster
- Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents, Architecture, Software Development, Software Reviews, Testing, Production Readiness Reviews, among others)
- Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance our datacenter capabilities including but not limited to processes, compliance, and visibility
- Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our network and datacenter capabilities
- Work closely with executive leadership, IT teams, and other stakeholders to communicate the importance of networks and datacenters and foster a culture of resilience
- Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on network, hardware and datacenter best practices to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
- Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
- Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning
Skills
- Fluency and specialization in software development and best practices using programming languages such as Golang and Python
- Understanding of datacenter and LAN/WAN network designs with a focus on underlay networks and physical infrastructure
- Understanding of operating systems and how they interface with hardware
- Understanding of datacenter facilities, lifecycle and urbanization
- 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
- Primary Focus on managing infrastructure through code
- 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
- 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
- 12+ years of professional software development experience
- 10+ years of experience with architecture and design
- 6+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
- 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
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 Overview
GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company, has been providing affordable auto insurance since 1936. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway. It was founded in 1936, and is headquartered in Chase, Maryland, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.geico.com.