Job Title: DevOps Engineer

p?b?Ready to make an impact? If so, read on!/b?/p?p?/p?p?The Corporate Support System (CSS) Customs Application Team has a great opportunity for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team and make significant contributions to build, operate, and maintain Enterprise-level, large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly reliable systems. The Senior DevOps Engineer will work with a talented team to develop, deliver and maintain infrastructure solutions, and custom applications for our HR and Financial operations at GEICO. The right candidate for this position will work on a small team solving high-priority challenges, support various custom applications and enterprise systems./p?p?/p?p?/p?p?b?Required Qualifications:/b?/p?p?/p?p?• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent professional experience.br /?• 5+ years of experience programming, and infrastructure development in building .NET applications with .NET Framework and .NET Core along with their associated runtime environments.br /?• Strong, proven experience as a DevOps engineer in a scalable production environment built on Azure, Oracle Cloud or AWS.br /?• Proven experience with PowerShell Scripting, Node.js/JavaScript frameworks and design patterns.br /?• Experience working with APIs and Microservices (Docker / Kubernetes).br /?• A strong desire to innovate and build comprehensive solutions that other DevOps engineers inside the team and across the organization can leverage. Any creative work in the following areas is helpful: serverless application development, monitoring for microservices, chaos engineering or feature toggling, A/B testing, performance testing.br /?• Experience using SQL Server Management Studio (SMS), SQL Reporting Services (SSRS), and SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS).br /?• Strong conceptualization, problem-solving, and analytical skills.br /?• Ability to work closely with business customers, analysts, and developers as part fast-paced environment being a team player while capable of working independently.br /?• Ability to effectively interface and collaborate with non-IT teams across the organization.br /?• Ability to verbalize and communicate technical issues to non-technical audiences.br /?• Experience working with remote resources.br /?• Must be organized and able to prioritize tasks as well as give assignments with Project Management tools.br /?• Ability to think strategically and be innovative in a team-oriented environment.br /?• Strong critical thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills.br /?• 5+ years applicable networking operations / engineering experience; previous experience with SSL Certificate management, DNS, TCP/IP, and Firewall Configuration highly valued./p?p?br /?The ideal candidate will have designed, developed, and implemented solutions that support business functionality and the underlying infrastructure required to run and deploy those solutions. The candidate must possess the technical skills and experiences with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services and continuous delivery systems./p?p?/p?p?b?Responsibilities Include:/b?/p?p?/p?p?• Production support including triage and 24x7 on-call rotation to ensure a high availability and stable environment for our customers.br /?• Meeting established Service Level Agreements, communicate diplomatically with customers and stakeholders both via email and verbally.br /?• Working with peers, improving processes and support for remote customers.br /?• Manages the development and production support with onshore and offshore team members.br /?• Oversee and streamline the handling and resolution of trouble tickets.br /?• Attending the daily Scrum calls and updating artifacts.br /?• To support multiple projects concurrently under tight deadlines./p?p?br /?b?Desired Qualifications:/b?/p?p?/p?p?• Understanding both the On-Prem and Cloud Windows Server environments.br /?• Understanding of the different Cloud Services (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS).br /?• Understanding of Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO) and Atlassian Products (Jira, Confluence, Service Desk)br /?• Experience with WorkDay Security and HCM.br /?• 3+ Years of experienced with Agile practices/ methodologies (e. g. Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc).br /?• 5+ Scripting Experience with PowerShell, BASH, and JavaScripting.br /?• 4+ years of hands-on experience with implementation, configuration and support of Oracle HCM/ PeopleSoft, or WorkDay SaaS Tenant Management.br /?• Must have one of the following Cloud Integration engineering skills (REST API, SOAP, Webservice's).br /?• A Minimum 3 years' experience with full Lifecyle HCM implementation or upgrade experience - Strong knowledge of Oracle databases, UNIX environment including, Shell Scripts, SQL, XML and encryption technologies.br /?• Strong experience with collaboration team tools: teleconference, video conference, shared online work spaces.br /?• Excellent working knowledge of software such as MS Office, Visio, Access, SFA, Splunk, WorkDay, Oracle HCM, BI Publisher, MicroStrategy.br /?• Certifications such as CCNA, Network+, Security+ are highly valued.br /?• Certification(s) in Cloud technologies such as Azure, Oracle Cloud, IBM, AWS or GCP highly valued.br /?• Certification(s) or experience in Windows and Linux Servers operating systems.br /?• Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer and/or analytics experience strongly desired./p?p?/p?p?/p?p?Note: The safety of our associates, both current and future, is GEICO's highest priority. At this time, most of our associates are working remotely due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Candidates who are selected for this position will be trained remotely and must be able to work from home in a designated work area. Once GEICO determines it is safe for associates to return to the office, candidates may be required to work in our Chevy Chase, MD office./p?p?/p?p?Benefits:/p?p?/p?p?As a full-time DevOps Engineer, you'll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:br /? br /?• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**br /?• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leavebr /?• 401(k) Plan with Profit Sharingbr /?• Tuition Reimbursementbr /?• Paid Training and Licensures/p?p?/p?p?*Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.br /?**Coverage begins with the pay period after hire date. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect./p?p?/p?p?GEICO is an equal opportunity employer. GEICO conducts drug screens and background checks on applicants who accept employment offers./p?p?/p?p?/p?p?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./p?p?/p?p?br /?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./p?p?/p?p?#LI-AM1/p?p?/p?