Senior Staff Engineer - Infrastructure Engineering (Linux), OS Team

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Position Summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, secure, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer, Staff Engineers, and other Senior Software Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems as well as identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will help in the delivery of high-quality products, unlocking new engineering capabilities..

Position Responsibilities As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the security, availability, and performance of containerized applications.

Contribute to the development of best practices and standards in container runtime technology.

Play a hands-on role in the deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management of containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and related orchestration platforms.

Collaborate effectively with other technical professionals and teams to ensure seamless integration of container runtimes with the overall technology stack.

Implement and enforce security measures for container runtimes to protect against vulnerabilities and threats.

Collaborate with quality assurance teams to ensure the reliability and efficiency of container runtime solutions.

Qualifications Deep Linux technical knowledge

Experience with the Linux kernel

Fluent in one or more of the following languages:
Rust, Golang, and/or CKnowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and related container orchestration platforms

Experience with Linux packaging (Debian, RPM, etc.)

Understanding of how container and OS images are built.

Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, test automation and related tools, operations, real-time communication)

Experience in CI/CD pipeline and related open-source tools like Git/Jenkin/CircleCI/Sonar Qube

Demonstrated ability to design and implement resilient, scalable, and efficient solutions

Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks and vulnerabilities

Excellent communication skills, able to communicate complete technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience
10+ years of professional PaaS and IaaS experience
10+ years of experience working with Linux8+ years of experience with architecture and design6+ years of experience with open source projects is desiredEducation

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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