Senior Staff Engineer – Performance and Observability

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement. Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Staff Engineers to design, deploy, and maintain OpenStack-based environments. You will help lead the automation of cloud operations, support containerization initiatives, and help optimize our CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

Improve on monitoring, observability and performance of deployed systems; Design, deploy, and manage OpenStack-based cloud environments; Develop and maintain automation scripts and playbooks using Python, Ansible, and GitHub Workflows; Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery; Support containerization initiatives (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes); Troubleshoot and resolve issues in cloud and automation workflows; Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams; Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams; Participate in on-call and operational support as needed; Mentor junior engineers

Requirements

Strong experience with monitoring, logging, alerting and observability in cloud environments; Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting in cloud environments; Deep familiarity with tools like Grafana and Promethius; Experience with performance tuning; Proficiency in Python programming and scripting; Proficiency in Python programming or scripting; Strong experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management; Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD); Good understanding of networking and security best practices in cloud deployments; Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes); Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment automation; Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills; Strong communication and collaboration abilities; 8+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering, platform administration, or infrastructure automation; 8+ years of experience with OpenStack or similar cloud platforms; 8+ years of experience with Python and Ansible; 8+ years of experience with CI/CD systems and containerization technologies; Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Nice to have

Experience with OpenStack administration and operations preferred; Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-premises) is a plus; Experience with low level virtualization technologies (QEMU/libvirt) is a plus

Benefits

Personalized development programs; Mentorship; Certification assistance; Inclusive and collaborative culture; Competitive pay; Benefits; Flexibility