Sr. Staff Engineer - Risk and Compliance Tech - Hybrid Role

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Position Summary:

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable, enterprise-level solutions for our Compliance, Risk, and Audit organizations. The ideal candidate will have experience with Risk and Compliance applications as well as finance business applications. This position involves hands-on technical leadership, innovation, and collaboration to align technology solutions with business goals.

Position Description

In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, product experts, and other technical leaders, to deliver multiple Risk/Compliance tools (e.g. GRC; Regulation management; Model management; etc.) that will transform how GEICO manages their Risk, Compliance, and Audit portfolios. You will play a key role in the architecture, development, and deployment of solutions while ensuring best practices in software design, security, and performance. This role combines application solutioning, technical expertise, and strong functional knowledge of Risk, Compliance, and Finance business applications.

Position Responsibilities

As a Snr Staff Software Engineer for CCRA technologies, you will:

• Lead the architecture, solution design, and implementation of vendor products or bespoke systems to support the Risk, Compliance, and Audit functions as well as work towards providing insightful analytics to proactively identify trends and issues.
• Leverage their awareness of Risk & Compliance technologies (e.g. Auditboard; Archer; OpenPages; ServiceNow; etc.) to support the implementation of vendor applications to support business requirements.
• Leverage finance system knowledge to ensure seamless integration of financial data from ERP systems, sub-ledgers and other enterprise sources to support the Risk and Compliance system requirements
• Mentor other engineers and consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
• Understanding of DevOps concepts including Azure DevOps framework and tools to build out appropriate applications
• Oversee system-wide technical initiatives, migrations, performance tuning, and process automation.
• Innovate and prototype new tools or frameworks to improve development efficiency and product quality. 
• Provide thought leadership in new technologies, design patterns, and best practices, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Perform root cause analysis of performance issues and implement monitoring, profiling, and optimization strategies as needed.

Qualifications  

• 15+ years of professional experience in software development.
• 10+ years of professional experience working with large enterprise or business applications, preferably Finance or Risk related. 
• 5+ years of experience with Risk and Compliance systems (e.g. GRC; Regulatory Management; Model management; etc.) via established vendors (e.g. Auditboard; Archer; IBM; ServiceNow; etc.)
• Strong understanding of Risk, Compliance, and Audit reporting philosophies; and cross-finance practices to ensure data, integrations, and solutions are well designed
• 5+ years of experience with ERP systems (Oracle, Workday, SAP, PeopleSoft) is desirable
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design with expertise in either Java or C#.
• Strong understanding of relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and data integration frameworks.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms and technologies (AWS, Azure) and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in DevOps practices and tools for CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure management.
• Good knowledge of security protocols and products: understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, or OAuth.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with various audiences (leadership, highly technical, and non-technical business partners)
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment 

Education  

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