Senior Staff Engineer – Performance and Observability

GEICO

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Richardson, TX · Palo Alto, CA · Bethesda, MD · Seattle, WA Posted 9 days ago $110,000–$260,000 / year

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At a glance

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TL;DR

GEICO seeks a Senior Staff Engineer to join its distinguished engineering team, focusing on designing and maintaining OpenStack-based cloud environments while leading automation efforts for cloud operations and supporting containerization initiatives. This role involves developing and managing Python scripts and playbooks with Ansible and GitHub Workflows, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating closely with development, operations, and security teams to enhance monitoring and observability stacks using tools like Grafana and Prometheus. The ideal candidate boasts extensive experience in cloud engineering, OpenStack administration, Python scripting, and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, alongside proficiency in infrastructure deployment automation and CI/CD workflows.

Skills

OpenStack Python Ansible Kubernetes Docker Grafana Prometheus CI/CD Jenkins GitHub Actions ArgoCD Terraform AWS GCP Azure QEMU libvirt

What you'll do

Design and deploy OpenStack-based cloud environments.
Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python and Ansible.
Optimize CI/CD pipelines for efficient infrastructure delivery.
Implement containerization initiatives with Docker and Kubernetes.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues in cloud operations workflows.
Improve monitoring, observability, and performance of deployed systems.

What we're looking for

8+ years of experience in cloud engineering and platform administration.
Expertise in OpenStack or similar cloud platforms and containerization technologies.
Proficiency in Python programming and Ansible for automation.
Deep knowledge of monitoring, observability, and performance tuning tools.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems and infrastructure as code practices.
Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments is preferred.

Market check

Salary context

This $110,000–$260,000 range sits above 44% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$143,000–$245,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 128 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$230,000 across 128 roles with salary data.

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