Senior Cloud Engineer – OpenStack & Observability

Government Employees Insurance Company; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain OpenStack-based private cloud environments. You will enhance observability, performance, and operability while collaborating with security and software teams in a fast-evolving cloud platform.

Required are 4+ years in cloud engineering, Python/Ansible, and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes; experience with OpenStack is a plus and migration to modern CI/CD practices is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting and observability in cloud environments.
• Experience with Grafana and Prometheus.
• Experience with performance tuning.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD).
• Proficiency in Python programming or scripting.
• Good understanding of networking and security best practices in cloud deployments.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience with OpenStack administration and operations a plus.
• Experience 4+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering, platform administration, or infrastructure automation.
• 4+ years of experience with OpenStack or similar cloud platforms.
• 4+ years of experience with Python and Ansible.
• 4+ years of experience with monitoring and observability systems.
• 4+ years of experience with 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.

Responsibilities

• Improve on monitoring, observability and performance of deployed systems
• 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

Skills

OpenStack experience

Python

Ansible

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring/observability

Networking security

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

GitHub Workflows

Job description

GEICO is seeking a Senior Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain OpenStack-based private cloud environments. You will enhance observability, performance, and operability while collaborating with security and software teams in a fast-evolving cloud platform.

Required are 4+ years in cloud engineering, Python/Ansible, and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes; experience with OpenStack is a plus and migration to modern CI/CD practices is expected.