Staff Engineer - Capacity Planning and Management

GEICO
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 110,000 - 230,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Lead design and implementation of capacity forecasting systems across cloud and on-prem environments; partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Procurement, Finance and Service Provider teams to optimize workload placement, reduce waste, and build internal tools for real-time and forecasted capacity signals that enable scalable infrastructure management.

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GEICO
GEICO
3 months ago

Staff Engineer - Capacity Planning and Management

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Job Summary

Lead design and implementation of capacity forecasting systems across cloud and on-prem environments; partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Procurement, Finance and Service Provider teams to optimize workload placement, reduce waste, and build internal tools for real-time and forecasted capacity signals that enable scalable infrastructure management.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the design and implementation of systems that enable cloud and OnPrem capacity forecasting, including planning models to support application onboarding, expansion, and repatriation.
  • •Partner with application and infrastructure teams to analyze workload characteristics, optimize placement decisions, and reduce infrastructure waste through intelligent workload optimization strategies.
  • •Develop and support internal tools and APIs that provide real-time and forecasted capacity signals to hardware procurement, infrastructure owners, and finance partners.
  • •Design and build quota and subscription management solutions to enable fair, scalable consumption of shared infrastructure resources.
  • •Collaborate with Hardware Engineering to define data-driven signals that guide purchase decisions for greenfield and brownfield environments.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 110,000 - 230,000 annually
Perks:401kTuition AssistanceHealth InsuranceRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or capacity engineering in large-scale enterprise or hybrid cloud environments.
  • •Demonstrated expertise in building capacity planning models, workload analysis frameworks, and forecasting pipelines for infrastructure management.
  • •Strong understanding of cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure), infrastructure provisioning workflows, and OnPrem hardware life cycles.
  • •Experience working with procurement, hardware, or finance teams to guide infrastructure acquisition based on forecasted demand.
  • •Familiarity with workload repatriation, application migration strategies, and hybrid environment management.
Experience:8+ yearsInfrastructureCapacity engineeringHybrid cloudCloud forecasting
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:AWSAzureOnPremData pipelinesDashboardsAnalyticsFinOps

Company Brief

GEICO
GEICO is a major US auto insurer offering personal auto policies, roadside assistance, and insurance products through direct-to-consumer channels and agents. Known for competitive rates and national advertising, it operates as a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
Industry: Insurance
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Chevy Chase, United States
Founded: 1936
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