Senior Staff Engineer, Hybrid Cloud Fabric

Sr Staff Engineer - Multi-Cloud Service Mesh

Become a key player in GEICO's tech transformation! We are seeking a Senior or Staff Engineer with deep expertise in service mesh technologies to help implement modern, scalable, and secure communication fabric across our hybrid cloud environment. You will play a vital role in enabling seamless and secure communication between services, enhancing observability, and ensuring high availability and performance for our applications.

This job might be for you if:

• You are passionate about service mesh technologies and their role in building resilient and scalable microservices architectures.
• You enjoy exploring cutting-edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.
• You are eager to contribute to the Istio community and share your expertise with others.
• You thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy working with diverse teams to solve complex problems.
• You are excited by the opportunity to shape the future of GEICO's application infrastructure and contribute to our transformation into a cloud-native organization.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a robust service mesh architecture, encompassing traffic management, security, observability, and resilience for microservices across public and private clouds within our on-premises data centers.
• Integrate the service mesh with existing infrastructure and applications, ensuring seamless operation and interoperability with various platforms and technologies, including legacy systems.
• Establish and enforce service mesh best practices, including security policies, traffic routing rules, circuit breakers, and access control mechanisms, to maintain a secure and reliable application environment.
• Develop comprehensive monitoring and observability dashboards to provide deep insights into service mesh health, performance, and potential issues, enabling proactive problem identification and resolution.
• Guide and mentor engineers on service mesh principles and best practices, fostering knowledge sharing and expertise development within the team, empowering them to contribute effectively to the service mesh implementation.
• Work closely with networking and security teams to ensure secure and efficient integration of the service mesh with on-premises infrastructure and networks, addressing potential challenges and ensuring smooth operation.
• Partner with SREs to establish service mesh observability, monitoring, and alerting strategies for maintaining high availability and performance, collaborating to define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
• Actively engage with the Istio community, contribute to open-source projects, and represent GEICO's leadership in service mesh adoption.

Technical

Skills:

• Service mesh expertise (dev):
  You are familiar with mesh architecture, components, and configuration options, including advanced traffic management, security policies, and telemetry customization.
• Service mesh experience (ops):
  You have designed, implemented, and managed service mesh solutions at scale, addressing challenges related to performance, security, and observability.
• Programming skills:
  Experience with Go is a must;
  Rust is a bonus.
• Linux OS:
  In-depth knowledge of Linux operating systems, including performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security best practices.
• Networking:
  Advanced understanding of networking concepts and tools (e.g., iptables, netfilter, traffic shaping) for analyzing and optimizing service mesh performance within the hybrid cloud environment.
• Kubernetes and containerization:
  Extensive experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms, including networking, security, and service management.
• Microservices architecture:
  Deep understanding of microservices design patterns, service discovery mechanisms, API gateways, and distributed tracing.
• Observability and monitoring:
  Expertise in tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, and Kiali to monitor service mesh performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Security best practices:
  Knowledge of zero-trust security principles, authentication and authorization mechanisms, and encryption technologies within the context of service mesh.
• Networking and security integration:
  Knowledge of network protocols, security policies, and best practices for integrating the service mesh with on-premises infrastructure.
• SRE practices for service mesh:
  Understanding of SRE principles and experience applying them to service mesh environments for reliability and performance optimization.

Experience:

• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, Dev Ops, or related fields.
• 6+ years of experience designing, implementing, and managing microservices architectures.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Istio and service mesh technologies.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects and mentor other engineers.

Annual Salary

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