Staff Engineer - Capacity Planning and Management

GEICO

Actively hiring
Bethesda, MD · Palo Alto, CA · Dallas, TX · Seattle, WA Posted 23 days ago $110,000–$230,000 / year
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TL;DR

GEICO is hiring a Staff Engineer for its Capacity Engineering team to drive the development and scaling of capacity engineering solutions within their hybrid cloud infrastructure landscape. This role involves leading the design and implementation of systems that enable accurate forecasting of cloud and on-premises capacity, optimizing workload placement, and reducing waste through intelligent strategies. The ideal candidate will develop internal tools and APIs for real-time capacity signals, manage quota and subscription systems, collaborate with hardware engineering to guide procurement decisions, and support service provider onboarding by aligning capacity forecasts with budget expectations. Key qualifications include 8+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure management, expertise in building capacity planning models, and familiarity with cloud services like AWS and Azure, along with strong data analysis skills and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Skills

AWS Azure Kubernetes Terraform Python SQL APIs CI/CD Prometheus Grafana Docker FinOps Infrastructure as Code Cloud Cost Optimization Data Pipelines Dashboards Analytics Platforms Workload Analysis Frameworks Forecasting Pipelines

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 infrastructure resources.
  • Define data-driven purchase signals for Hardware Engineering in greenfield and brownfield environments.

What we're looking for

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

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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