Solutions Engineer II - Networking

About the role

The Engineer II in Solutions Engineering at GEICO will engineer solutions and empower the developer community with experiences, tools, and automated processes that reduce friction and improve developer satisfaction, flow, and cycle-times. This role will be heavily centered around engineering solutions with the goal to improve developer flow, reduce cycle times, and provide fast feedback loops.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems
• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle
• Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution
• Participate in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
• Utilize programming languages like GO, Java, Typescript, React, HTML, Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Qualifications

• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as GO, Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
• Understanding of micro-services-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design of new and current systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling)
• Experience writing highly complex YAML pipeline/workflow code in GitHub
• Experience writing highly complex docker files or other containerization technologies such as Podman, Kaniko, containerd, etc.
• Experience writing highly complex YAML code for containers orchestration on different compute platforms
• Experience with DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
• Intermediate PowerShell scripting skills
• Experience in Datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform and its native services
• Understanding of security protocols and products: understanding of Azure Active, Directory, Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Analysis and Estimation skills
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Experience 2+ years of professional platform development or general development experience
• 2+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
• 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks

Education

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

Pay

#DICE Annual Salary $75,000.00 - $160,000.00

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.