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About GEICO
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is one of the largest auto insurers in the United States, offering affordable auto, home, renters, and other personal insurance products. Industry: Insurance
GEICO currently has
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Senior Manager, Staff SW Engineering - (Platform Engineering) leads the File Exchange Platform team to manage a tier-1 secure file transfer service while driving modernization toward self-service portals and CMDB-driven certification. The role involves leading the Unified Platform Experience team to define paved roads for PaaS providers through SDKs, Infrastructure as Code, and unified control planes. Responsibilities include managing project dependencies, negotiating delivery dates, overseeing team budgets, and mentoring personnel in a technical environment. The position requires expertise in distributed systems, high availability architectures, and secure file transfer technologies like SFTP and HTTPS. Candidates should be proficient in languages such as Python, Go, TypeScript, Java, or C# and possess experience with Terraform, Git, Jenkins, and SonarQube. The work focuses on solving complex infrastructure challenges including geo-distributed resiliency, compliance automation for NYDFS/PCI, and automated lifecycle management across public and private clouds.
Lead the File Exchange Platform team to manage secure file transfers and modernize operations into a self-service portal.
Drive the Unified Platform Experience (UPE) by defining paved roads for PaaS providers, including SDKs and IaC solutions.
Advance the Unified Control Plane (UCP) to a production-ready tier-1 platform with audit trails and observability.
Define and enforce architectural standards to ensure high availability, geo-distributed resiliency, and compliance with NYDFS/PCI standards.
Manage project dependencies, negotiate delivery dates with stakeholders, and identify risks while providing implementable solutions.
Oversee the end-to-end delivery of team strategy, platform development, and technical roadmap execution.
Perform performance evaluations for team members and cultivate a culture that motivates all levels of performers.
Develop and manage the team budget while reporting on key metrics and project progress to leadership.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 6 years of coding experience.
At least 5 years of experience building scalable, fault-tolerant, and robust products and platforms.
At least 5 years of hands-on work experience supervising 10+ personnel in a technical environment.
At least 5 years of experience in designing, developing, and operating enterprise file transfer platforms, developer experience platforms, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) delivery systems.
At least 2 years of experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, .NET, Go, or TypeScript.
Experience with cloud computing, distributed systems, and infrastructure tools like Terraform, Git, Jenkins, and Artifactory.