Senior Manager, Staff Engineering – Cloud Finance

Summary: 

GEICO’s Infrastructure and Capacity Planning is seeking an experienced Senior manager to build and manage a new team of engineers who are passionate in building engineering solutions - tools, framework, and automation in cloud cost modeling and capacity optimization domains. This is a newly created organization with a deep focus to enable optimal cloud capacity for all application teams to run enterprise-wide products. Our workloads are spread between On-prem, Azure, and AWS and you will have exciting opportunities to solve complex problems in Hybrid-cloud model. You can create a massive impact on our customers’ experience and Geico’s new mission towards Technology transformation.

Description: 

Our Senior manager is an engineering leader who will lead members of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a seamless experience for our customers by enabling right capacity at right time and right cost. 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 & experience to improve cost modeling, capacity planning, cloud/infrastructure architecture, and leverage engineering solutions to solve operational problems.

Responsibilities: 

As a Senior manager, you will: 

• Lead development and execution of cost reporting for all hybrid multi-cloud environments to enable total cost of ownership analysis including cloud hosting costs, software license and maintenance, as well as support labor costs.

• Define requirements for automating cloud cost modeling and optimization process in a multi-cloud environment to streamline reporting and allocation of costs to customers.

• Lead our Hybrid Cloud FinOps processes like financial forecasting for cloud services and support management of Capex and operational budgets if required.

• Partner with key stakeholders to provide visibility on cloud infrastructure spend as well as monthly optimization activities to reduce the spend.

• Partner with key stakeholders to ensure service levels are met through regular operational reviews and ongoing cadence.

• Partner with Capacity Planning, Performance & Reliability, IaaS, PaaS and other stakeholders to provide input into the design, communication and implementation of Strategies, Technology Roadmaps, Processes and Services and validation of their cost-effectiveness.

• Provide detailed analysis for various components of cloud spend such as spend by service type, spend by application, etc.

• Provide financial consultation to application teams on cost assessment of migrating across the hybrid cloud.

• Identify the roles, skills and knowledge required including helping to grow and develop the team through hands on training and coaching.

• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams. 

Qualifications: 

• Hands-on Software engineering manager with strong understanding of Cloud services and DevOps principles.

• Experience in managing different cloud billing & reduction models.

• Expert in Cloud cost billing schema & billing utilization data for different CSPs.

• In-depth knowledge of cloud infrastructures, capabilities and security models (all of which drive the cost).

• In-depth knowledge of data structures and algorithms. 

• Fluency with Power BI and at least one modern language such as Python, Java, Go. Experience with open-source software is a big plus. 

• Hands-on experience in managing infrastructure components through Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible. 

• Experience in Observability platforms, application monitoring tools and performance analysis techniques. 

• Experience managing & growing technical leaders and teams. 

Experience: 

• 6+ years of coding experience.

• 5+ years of development of tooling and engineering solution in a large-scale, mission-critical environment.

• 5+ years of hands-on work experience supervising personnel in a technical environment.

• 5+ years of experience with one of the public cloud - AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

Annual Salary

$150,000.00 - $300,000.00

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.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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.