Senior Engineering Manager – Deployment and Release Platform

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager with a passion for building Continuous Delivery and Deployment platforms. You will build and manage a team of engineers with a deep focus on building the frameworks and pipelines for deploying software changes and applications at increasing speeds while continuing to improve the stability and reliability of the Release Platform. You and your team will be responsible for partnering with other peers in the organization and use each other’s services to unlock developer productivity and happiness.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Kubernetes, Linux, Flux, GitOps, and GitHub, with a passion for building robust, scalable platforms as a service.

Position Responsibilities

· Mentor, coach, hire, and grow an existing team of Test Framework engineers. Must love taking care of people and helping them realize their potential

· Design and implement an ever-evolving portfolio of Deployment and Release Platform capabilities with a product like focus on organizational, developer, and platform needs

· Design and implement scalable and efficient build tools and CI workflows for applications, operating systems, libraries, and a variety of other software components.

· Collaborate with development, security, runtime, and compliance teams to build paved paths CI pipelines for the entire organization

· Have strong opinions and strategic engagements to implement, rollout, and support a companywide CI discipline for 3000+ engineers

· Design with observability and reliability core principles so that a small team can have an outsized impact.

· Advocate and trailblazer for incorporating opensource tooling and frameworks within Continuous Integration.

Qualifications

· Be an active listener, effective communicator, and team leader

· Extensive experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.

· Strong proficiency in Linux system administration and shell scripting.

· Experience with networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, etc.

· Hands-on experience with Flux, ArgoCD and GitOps practices.

· Proficient with GitHub and managing Git-based workflows.

· Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools (e.g., Github Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD).

· (highly desirable) Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Ansible

· (highly desirable) Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

Education

· Bachelor's degree or master's degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experienc

Annual Salary

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 selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location.  Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

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.