Engineer II – Duck Creek (REMOTE)

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. 

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. 

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

Engineer II – Duck Creek

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 Engineer II is a key member of the engineering 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

· Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle

· Participate in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

· 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

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

· Intermediate PowerShell scripting skills

· Intermediate level understanding of Azure Network such as security zones, VNETs, and Public Peered Services

· 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, including the Azure platform, and its native services

· Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)

· Understanding in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework

· Experience with Duck Creek Author, Duck Creek Manuscript, and Duck Creek Trace Monitor debugging tool

· Experience with ASP.NET MVC and Web forms

· Experience with SSIS SSRS, Angular JS, and Web API Streaming

· Understanding of Windows hosting environment IIS, TFS, SPLUNK, .NET Programming Tools, and Visual Studio

· Experience with Microsoft Visio workflow and system topology

· Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) to document task and story progress, as well as create new tasks and user stories

· Experience with configuration, operation, and maintenance of assigned cybersecurity technologies

· Analysis and Estimation skills

· Strong problem-solving ability

· Strong oral and written communication skills

· Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment

Experience

· 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience in Duck Creek, C# .Net, CBO, Author, and ManuScript

· 2+ years of experience with architecture and design

· 2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

· 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks

Education

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

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Annual Salary

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.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.  You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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.