Senior Manager, Research And Development - Data Platform and Application Development

Why Join GEICO?

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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.

 

Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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.

Research, Analytics, and Development (RAD) – Research & Innovation team is looking for an experienced and self-motivated Business Application Developer to join the team. This key team member will be responsible for generating and implementing innovative value-added solutions. You will also develop and deploy high-quality applications. Moreover, this team member will proactively communicate and effectively collaborate with all of our partners from RAD, IT, DSI, and stakeholders from other Departments

Primary responsibilities:

• Under minimum supervision, effectively design and implement high-quality solutions (applications, reports, etc.) using a chosen enterprise-level tooling.
• Delivering high-quality business intelligence solutions to internal customers
• Creating functional and technical requirements as an input to application design, business solution components, and prototypes
• Developing business intelligence applications for data analysis optimized for the best performance and scalability requirements
• Provide sound suggestions to management during all stages when implementing solutions
• Collect and process requirements from partner teams.
• Effectively collaborating with IT and DSI stakeholders, including but not limited to platform administrators, System Administrators, DBAs, Cybersecurity Engineers, etc.
• Acting as the SME for solutions generated
• Generate well-documented User Guide and provide training to end-users
• Establish and maintain best practices
• Participate in meetings to understand business strategy, requirements, and articulate problems that needed to be resolved.
• Work with IT and DSI teams to improve performance and fine-tune configurations.
• · Effectively using monitoring tools to debug any performance issues.
• · Help improve on codes and reports deployment procedure using CI/CD to add new features for applications and reports.
• · Work with IT and DSI partners to debug any production issues to ensure the stability of our applications and reports.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Hands-on experiences with FICO DMS®, Power BI, RStudio Team®, or SAS® are highly desired
• Strong and hands-on experiences within Car Insurance Industry
• Strong programming skills in at least one of the following: SAS, R, or Python
• Must able to learn new tools, such as Snowflake, Power BI and FICO DMS
• A self-driven attitude to learn new technologies, such as Snowflakes and Cloud SaaS/PaaS
• Knowledge of all GEICO data sources, such as relational databases (Netezza, SQL Server DB, EDWC), Big Data platform, and Claim Databases is a must
• Able to work with other programmers and developers to optimize and debug codes
• Proactively working with partner team members is a must and highly preferred
• Good communication skills
• Capable of conveying information to colleagues from RAD, IT, DSI, and all other partner teams
• Capable of collaborating with Technical and Non-Technical stakeholders
• Can drive projects and implementing advanced technologies to add value for the team and the firm
• Experience in architecting, designing, implementing, administrating, and troubleshooting an Advanced Analytical application, such as R, SAS, or Python
• Basic understanding of IT fundamentals such as Active Directory and Cybersecurity
• Basic knowledge of Linux Operating System
• Experience with integration of BI tools with Hadoop and Snowflake is a plus
• Experience with RStudio Team, SAS Grid, Snowflake, Power BI is a plus
• Experience with both Linux and Windows Server operating systems is a plus
• Experience with Azure Products and Services, Snowflake, and NoSQL is a plus
• Experiences of Administration, Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting at least one of the Advanced Analytical Platform is a plus

 

Annual Salary

$130,000.00 - $260,000.00

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.

 

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.

Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.

Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.

Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

 

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.