Staff Engineer, FinOps & Cloud Optimization

GEICO; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Staff Engineer – FinOps to join the Capacity and Workload Management organization. The role focuses on leading FinOps projects with cloud cost optimization, budgeting, forecasting, and capacity planning across both cloud and on-prem environments.

You will collaborate with engineers, business partners, and IT leaders to define spend strategies, create budget reports, and drive process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education/work experience.
• Experience leading FinOps projects with budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrating a strong grasp of cloud requirements such as cost optimization and capacity planning, facilitating cross-organizational partnerships for cost optimization discussions.
• Managing and implementing optimization and automation strategies for business processes.
• Overseeing FinOps stakeholder communications and defining KPIs for IT executives.

Skills

Cloud cost optimization

Budgeting & forecasting

Python

Java

TypeScript

ReactJS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Microservices

Kafka

Spark

gRPC

Django

APIs

Event-driven architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

GEICO is seeking a Staff Engineer – FinOps to join the Capacity and Workload Management organization. The role focuses on leading FinOps projects with cloud cost optimization, budgeting, forecasting, and capacity planning across both cloud and on-prem environments.

You will collaborate with engineers, business partners, and IT leaders to define spend strategies, create budget reports, and drive process improvements.