Senior Staff Engineer – Performance and Observability

GEICO

Senior Staff Engineer optimizing cloud operations and driving automation for GEICO insurance platform. Collaborating with teams to enhance performance and observability in cloud environments.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRichardson • California, Maryland, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudDockerGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesOpenStackPrometheusPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

Strong experience with monitoring, logging, alerting and observability in cloud environments.
Deep familiarity with tools like Grafana and Prometheus.
Experience with performance tuning.
Proficiency in Python programming and scripting.
Experience with OpenStack administration and operations preferred.
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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonAnsibleCI/CDOpenStackDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheusJenkinsGitHub Actions

Soft Skills

troubleshootingproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationmentoring