Solutions Engineer II - Networking

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 through relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

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. Our Engineer II in Solutions Engineering will engineer solutions and empower the developer community with experiences, tools, and automated processes that reduce friction and improve developer satisfaction, flow, and cycle-times.

This role will be heavily centered around engineer solutions with the goal to improve developer flow, reduce cycle times, and provide fast feedback loops. An important outcome of developer productivity engineering is to give developers hours back in the week in the developer experience so they can focus on accelerating solution delivery.

The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge supporting Full Stack development and developer productivity platforms with a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms. Position Responsibilities As an Engineer II, you will: - Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems - Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle - Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution - Participate in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization - Utilize programming languages like GO, Java, Typescript, React, HTML, Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services - Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Qualifications - Programming experience with at least one modern language such as GO, Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design - Understanding of micro-services-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs - Understanding of micro frontends - Experience contributing to the architecture and design of new and current systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) - Experience writing highly complex YAML pipeline/workflow code in GitHub - Experience writing highly complex docker files or other containerization technologies such as Podman, Kaniko, containerd, etc. - Experience writing highly complex YAML code for containers orchestration on different compute platforms - Understanding of DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture and Azure DevOps Operational Framework - Intermediate PowerShell scripting skills - Experience in Datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform and its native services - Understanding of security protocols and products: understanding of Azure Active, Directory, Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth - In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms - Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication) - Strong problem-solving ability - Strong oral and written communication skills - Analysis and Estimation skills - Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment Experience - 2+ years of professional platform development or general development experience - 2+ years of experience with architecture and design - 2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service - 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks Education - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience #LI-RP2