
Senior Staff Engineer – Change Management
GEICO
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chevy Chase • California • Maryland • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $260,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Develop and drive the overall strategy for our enterprise Change and Approval Management, aligning it with the organization's business goals and objectives.
- Lead technical initiatives across multiple teams, providing strategic and technical guidance.
- Utilize programming languages like Go, Python, Java, and work with SQL/NoSQL databases.
- Work with container orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.
- Architect and develop cloud-native applications using Azure services.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineering teams, and stakeholders to solve complex challenges.
- Ensure the quality, performance, and usability of engineering solutions.
- Serve as a mentor and thought leader, coaching engineers and influencing executives.
- Continuously improve processes, adopt best practices, and drive operational efficiency.
- Support and participate in On Call rotations, respond to incidents, diagnosing production issues, and conducting post-incident reviews to improve system reliability.
Requirements
- Expertise in at least two modern programming languages ( Go, Python, Java, C, C++ ) and object-oriented design.
- Strong ownership and accountability with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Hands-on experience in incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Experience managing distributed systems in public, private, or hybrid cloud environments.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools ( Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki ).
- Passion for automation and reducing manual operations using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
- Familiarity with configuration management and orchestration tools ( Helm, Puppet, Spinnaker ).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-based deployments.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-scale environment with a problem-solving mindset.
- 10+ years of professional experience in software development, platform architecture, and infrastructure management.
- 8+ years of experience as either a SRE or DevOps team member.
- 8+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments.
- 8+ years of experience with open-source frameworks.
- 5+ years of experience with system architecture and design.
- 5+ years of experience of being in an OnCall rotation.
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- Work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
GoPythonJavaCC++SQLNoSQLobject-oriented designcloud-native applicationssystem architecture
Soft Skills
ownershipaccountabilitycommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingmentorshipinfluenceprocess improvementoperational efficiencytechnical guidance