Senior Systems Engineer

GEICO; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain OpenStack-based cloud environments. You will enhance observability and performance, develop automation with Python and Ansible, and drive CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and applications.

The role requires 4+ years in cloud engineering and hands-on experience with monitoring, Docker/Kubernetes, and hybrid/multi-cloud deployments. Join a team focused on engineering excellence and reliable, scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in cloud engineering, platform administration, or infrastructure automation.
• 4+ years OpenStack or similar cloud platforms.
• 4+ years Python and Ansible.
• 4+ years monitoring and observability systems.
• Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Improve monitoring, observability and performance of deployed systems.
• Design, deploy, and manage OpenStack-based cloud environments.
• Develop automation scripts and playbooks using Python, Ansible, and GitHub Actions.
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery.
• Support containerization initiatives (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in cloud and automation workflows.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams.

Skills

Observability

Python scripting

Ansible automation

CI/CD tooling

Docker Kubernetes

OpenStack

Networking basics

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

GitHub Actions

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IS or equivalent

Tools

OpenStack

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

QEMU/libvirt

Ansible

Job description

## Senior Systems EngineerApply: Hybrid: Richardson, TX: Palo Alto, CA: Bethesda, MD: Full time: Posted 3 Days Ago: R0062357**Why Join GEICO?**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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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 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 the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.**Position Description** Our Senior Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Staff Engineers to design, deploy, and maintain OpenStack-based environments. You will help lead improve and expand the observability, performance and operability of our private cloud deployments The ideal candidate has expertise in monitoring and observability stacks, Python or similar languages, infrastructure deployment automation, and containerization technologies. Experience with OpenStack is also a plus.**Position Responsibilities** As a Senior Engineer, you will:* 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**Qualifications*** Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting and observability in cloud environments* Experience with tools like Grafana and Promethius* Experience with performance tuning* Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)* Strong experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management* Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., 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**Education**Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience #LI-RP2**Annual Salary**$100,000.00 - $215,000.00The 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.