At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, 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 a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Staff Engineers to design, deploy, and maintain OpenStack-based environments. You will help lead the automation of cloud operations, support containerization initiatives, and optimize our CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in OpenStack, Python, infrastructure deployment automation, and containerization technologies.

Position Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage OpenStack-based cloud environments
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and playbooks using Python, Ansible, and GitHub Workflows
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery
• Support containerization initiatives (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in cloud and automation workflows
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams
• Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
• Participate in on-call and operational support as needed

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python programming and scripting
• Strong experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management
• Proven experience with OpenStack administration and operations
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment automation
• Good understanding of networking and security best practices in cloud deployments
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting in cloud environments
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Experience with open-source tools such as Git, Terraform, and Prometheus / Grafana is a plus
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle

Experience

• 8+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering, platform administration, or infrastructure automation
• 8+ years of experience with OpenStack or similar cloud platforms
• 8+ years of experience with Python and Ansible
• 8+ years of experience with CI/CD systems and containerization technologies
• Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-premises) is a plus
• Experience with low-level virtualization technologies (QEMU / libvirt) is a plus

Education

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

Salary

0.00 - $0.00

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 candidate’s experience, education, training, work location, and market considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge

Great Company: We help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most. We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding expectations, and enabling collective success. From day one, you’ll face exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with teams making a positive impact.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive with personalized development programs, industry-leading training, certification assistance, mentorship, and coaching.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture rooted in integrity, action, and a winning mindset. Our culture values diversity, caring, inclusion, and belonging, led by supportive leaders focused on performance and shared purpose.

We also provide employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact of our work.