Senior Staff Engineer SRE Incident Response (NOC)

GEICO; Chevy Chase (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with 6% match

Performance incentives

Tuition assistance

Mental health care

Workplace flexibility

Job summary

A leading insurance company based in Chevy Chase is seeking a passionate Software Engineer. This role involves designing and managing scalable, resilient systems and applications. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in various programming languages and experience with cloud environments. Responsibilities include mentoring teams, leading technical initiatives, and ensuring system reliability. Competitive compensation of $110,000 to $260,000 is offered, along with a supportive and inclusive company culture.

Qualifications

• Expertise in at least two modern programming languages and object-oriented design.
• Strong ownership and accountability with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Hands-on experience in incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Experience managing distributed systems in cloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives across multiple teams.
• Utilize programming languages like Go, Python, Java, and work with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Architect and develop cloud-native applications using Azure services.
• Ensure the quality, performance, and usability of engineering solutions.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

SQL/NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Loki

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

OpenStack

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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

Position Summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Software Engineer who is passionate about building high-performance, maintainable, and resilient platforms and applications. This role is integral to our ongoing transformation—moving from a traditional IT model to an engineering-driven organization that emphasizes reliability, scalability, and automation.

Position Description

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) blends software engineering and systems administration to design, develop, and manage large-scale, highly available, fault‑tolerant systems. SRE ensures that GEICO’s services—both internal and customer-facing—meet reliability, uptime, and performance standards while enabling rapid iteration and continuous improvement. As an SRE at GEICO, you will tackle the unique challenges of operating at scale, leveraging expertise in coding and large-scale system design. You will also participate in on‑call rotations, providing incident response, troubleshooting, and post-mortem analysis to improve system reliability and minimize operational impact.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives across multiple teams, providing strategic and technical guidance.
• Utilize programming languages like Go, Python, Java, and work with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Work with container orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.
• Architect and develop cloud-native applications using Azure services.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineering teams, and stakeholders to solve complex challenges.
• Ensure the quality, performance, and usability of engineering solutions.
• Serve as a mentor and thought leader, coaching engineers and influencing executives.
• Continuously improve processes, adopt best practices, and drive operational efficiency.
• Support and participate in on‑call rotations, responding to incidents, diagnosing production issues, and conducting post‑incident reviews to improve system reliability.

Qualifications

• Expertise in at least two modern programming languages (Go, Python, Java, C, C++) and object-oriented design.
• Strong ownership and accountability with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Hands‑on experience in incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Experience managing distributed systems in public, private, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki).
• Passion for automation and reducing manual operations using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Familiarity with configuration management and orchestration tools (Helm, Puppet, Spinnaker).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-based deployments.
• Ability to operate in a fast‑paced, high‑scale environment with a problem‑solving mindset.

Experience

• 10+ years of professional experience in software development, platform architecture, and infrastructure management.
• 8+ years of experience as either an SRE or DevOps team member.
• 8+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments.
• 8+ years of experience with open‑source frameworks.
• 5+ years of experience with system architecture and design.
• 5+ years of experience being in an on‑call rotation.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience.

Annual Salary

$110,000.00 - $260,000.00

The GEICO Pledge

• Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs. We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success.
• Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career—and your potential— in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship, and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
• Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action, and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted leaders supported by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
• Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well‑being, mental and emotional health and financial future. The program includes comprehensive total rewards, financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan with 6% match, performance incentives, tuition assistance, mental health care and fertility/adoption assistance, as well as workplace flexibility through GEICO Flex.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.