Senior Engineer, Hybrid Cloud Fabric
Core
Design and implement a robust service mesh architecture for traffic management, security, and observability across GEICO's hybrid cloud environment.
Role type
Senior/Staff Engineer, Service Mesh & Infrastructure
Builds
Secure, scalable communication fabric for microservices across public and private clouds
Domain
Insurance technology, Cloud Infrastructure, Service Mesh
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Service mesh architecture (Istio), Go programming, Kubernetes orchestration, Linux system administration, Advanced networking (iptables, netfilter), Microservices design patterns, Observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Kiali), Zero-trust security principles, SRE practices
Preferred skills
Rust programming, Open-source community contribution, Legacy system integration
Technologies
Istio, Kubernetes, Go, Rust, Linux, Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Kiali, iptables, netfilter
Responsibilities
Design and implement service mesh architecture for traffic management, security, and resilience; Integrate service mesh with existing infrastructure and legacy systems; Establish security policies, traffic routing rules, and access control mechanisms; Develop monitoring and observability dashboards for service mesh health; Mentor engineers on service mesh principles and best practices; Collaborate with networking and security teams on infrastructure integration; Partner with SREs to define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets; Contribute to the Istio open-source community
Seniority
Senior/Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities