Staff Engineer - Capacity Planning and Management

GEICO

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Md Bethesda Office, US Posted 104 days ago $110,000–$230,000 / year
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TL;DR

GEICO seeks a Staff Engineer for Capacity Engineering to drive the development and scaling of its Capacity Management Platform, crucial for efficient infrastructure planning across hybrid cloud environments. This role involves leading the design of systems for capacity forecasting, optimizing workload placement, and developing internal tools that provide real-time capacity signals to procurement and finance teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building capacity models and collaborating with cross-functional teams including Infrastructure, Cloud, and Finance to ensure strategic resource allocation and cost predictability. Key skills include expertise in cloud services like AWS or Azure, infrastructure provisioning workflows, and data analysis for workload optimization. Preferred qualifications include FinOps principles, enterprise quota management systems, and experience in regulated environments.

Skills

AWS Azure Kubernetes Terraform Python APIs CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana SQL NoSQL Git Jenkins Ansible FinOps Infrastructure as Code MVP Scrum

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and implementation of systems for cloud and OnPrem capacity forecasting.
  • Analyze workload characteristics to optimize placement decisions and reduce infrastructure waste.
  • Develop internal tools and APIs providing real-time and forecasted capacity signals.
  • Design quota and subscription management solutions for shared resource consumption.
  • Collaborate with Hardware Engineering to guide purchase decisions based on data-driven signals.
  • Support service provider onboarding by developing capacity insights and demand management capabilities.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in capacity engineering for large-scale enterprise or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Expertise in building capacity planning models and forecasting pipelines for infrastructure management.
  • Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS, Azure) and OnPrem hardware life cycles.
  • Experience working with procurement, finance teams to guide infrastructure acquisition based on forecasts.
  • Familiarity with workload repatriation, application migration strategies, and hybrid environment management.
  • Experience building internal tools and APIs for consumption by engineering or operations teams.
  • Strong data analysis skills with experience in data pipelines, dashboards, and analytics platforms.

Market check

Salary context

This $110,000–$230,000 range sits above 33% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$143,000–$236,700

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 238 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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