Data Engineer, Mobility - REMOTE

Data Ops Engineer II​, Mobility Org

Position Summary  

​GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications.  You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description 

Our Data Ops Engineer II is a key member of the Mobility Engineering Operations staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high-quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.

Position Responsibilities 

​​As an Engineer II, you will:

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems for data ingestion
• Create dashboards that display next level metrics for consumption

• ​​Design and implement data quality solutions

• Design and implement solutions to manage data products, data contracts and data dictionaries
• Design and implement data lineage solutions
• Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution

• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle 
• Utilize programming languages like 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 
• ​Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution

• Assume ownership of existing business processes and services 

• Drive enhancement and continuously improve the quality of servicers and end user experience 
• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle   

• Work with senior engineers to define the technical architecture and support the implementation of new hardware standards/services from technical perspective
• Support projects migrating from existing platforms to new platforms
• Build product definition and use your technical skills to drive towards the right solution  
• Analysis and Estimation skills
• Drive proof of concepts to test new technologies with hardware and software, working closely with cyber, network, and telecommunication teams
• Assure 24x7 operations and stability of services with high regard for end user experience
• Support the creation of the enterprise level roadmap in terms of supporting multiple vendors for future business demands
• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient systems
• Provide knowledge share, mentoring, and systems training to junior team members as needed
• Consistently share best practices, and improve processes within and across teams

• Contribute to significant business initiatives, attend scrum meetings, and give presentations   

• Solve difficult problems, learn new technologies, and push the boundaries of what is possible  

 Qualifications 

• ​Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms 
• Understanding of existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal 
• Understanding of HTML-5, JavaScript/TypeScript, XML, and JSON
• Understanding of micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• Understanding of monitoring tools such as Application Insights 
• Intermediate PowerShell scripting skills 
• Intermediate level understanding of Azure Network such as security zones, VNETs, and Public Peered Services 
• Understanding of DevOps concepts including Azure DevOps framework and tools
• Understanding of Azure PaaS and IaaS services 
• Understanding of security protocols and products such as of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
• Experience in Datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings,