Senior Systems Engineer

About the role

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have 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.

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

Qualifications

• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting and observability in cloud environments
• Experience with tools like Grafana and Prometheus
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
• Proficiency in Python programming or scripting
• Good understanding of networking and security best practices in cloud deployments
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Experience with OpenStack administration and operations a plus
• 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

Pay

$100,000.00 - $215,000.00 annually. The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.