Cloud Engineer Jobs in Washington
Cloud Engineer jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in cloud-native technology, enterprise software, aerospace, and federal government contracting, with openings at every level from junior cloud associate through principal architect. The Seattle metro is the dominant hiring center, followed by Bellevue and Redmond, where Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Boeing maintain large engineering workforces that consistently recruit cloud engineers. The most in-demand specialties across Washington right now are multi-cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and container orchestration, and cloud security engineering. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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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.
Distinguished Engineer – Private Cloud Platform Engineering
Position Summary
GEICO is seeking a transformational Distinguished Engineer to lead the technical vision, architecture, and evolution of our next-generation private cloud platform. This role will be responsible for driving the strategy, design, and implementation of a highly scalable, secure, and operationally efficient cloud ecosystem built on OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, and Software Defined Networking technologies.
As one of GEICO's most senior technical leaders, you will define the future-state architecture for our multi-region private cloud, influence technology decisions across Infrastructure, Security, Platform Engineering, and Developer Experience organizations, and help accelerate GEICO's modernization journey. You will partner with engineering leaders, architects, and executives to build cloud capabilities that rival public cloud providers while leveraging open-source technologies and commodity hardware to optimize cost, resilience, and scalability.
This role requires deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, storage architecture, and platform engineering along with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries and mentor senior engineering talent.
What You Will Do
Technical Strategy & Architecture
Define and own the long-term technical roadmap for GEICO's Private Cloud Platform.
Establish architectural standards for OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, SDN, identity integration, observability, and automation platforms.
Lead design reviews across multiple organizations and drive architectural consistency throughout the infrastructure ecosystem.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic investments that improve platform capabilities, operational excellence, and cost efficiency.
Private Cloud Platform Leadership
Architect and evolve a large-scale OpenStack-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform.
Define multi-region designs supporting virtual machines, bare metal services, storage, networking, and container platforms.
Drive modernization initiatives including platform resiliency, disaster recovery, multi-datacenter expansion, and workload migration from legacy virtualization platforms.
Partner with security teams to implement Zero Trust networking, workload identity, encryption, and compliance controls.
Software Defined Networking
Define software-defined networking architectures spanning datacenter and hybrid cloud environments.
Drive innovations in network virtualization, overlay technologies, routing automation, load balancing, firewall integration, and network observability.
Partner closely with networking teams to design scalable east-west and north-south traffic architectures.
Software Defined Storage
Provide technical leadership for large-scale Ceph deployments supporting block, object, and cloud-native storage services.
Design highly available storage architectures for OpenStack, Kubernetes, and application platforms.
Drive capacity planning, performance optimization, data durability, disaster recovery, and operational excellence initiatives.
Engineering Leadership
Mentor Senior Staff, Principal, and Staff Engineers.
Lead critical incident reviews, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making forums.
Build alignment across infrastructure, security, platform, and application engineering organizations.
Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership for private cloud strategy and investment decisions.
Required Qualifications
Experience
15+ years of software, infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering experience.
5+ years operating at Principal, Senior Staff, Distinguished Engineer, or equivalent technical leadership level.
Proven track record designing and operating large-scale cloud platforms supporting thousands of workloads.
Technical Expertise
Kubernetes
Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, operations, networking, storage, security, and ecosystem tooling.
Experience with platform engineering and internal developer platforms.
OpenStack
Extensive experience with OpenStack services including:
Nova
Neutron
Cinder
Glance
Keystone
Ironic
Placement
Experience designing and operating production OpenStack environments at scale.
Ceph
Expert knowledge of Ceph architecture and operations.
Experience with:
RBD
RGW
OSD tuning
Performance optimization
Multi-site deployments
Capacity and durability planning
Software Defined Networking
Deep understanding of SDN principles and architectures.
Experience with technologies such as:
EVPN/VXLAN
BGP
Overlay networking
SmartNIC technologies
Network virtualization
Cloud networking
Service mesh architectures
Automation & Software Engineering
Strong coding skills in one or more of:
Go
Python
Rust
Java
Expertise with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks.
Experience building highly reliable distributed systems.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building private cloud environments that compete with hyperscale cloud capabilities.
Experience migrating workloads from VMware or other legacy virtualization platforms.
Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure platforms, GPU orchestration, and high-performance computing environments.
Experience operating infrastructure at multi-petabyte scale.
Experience with platform observability and SRE practices.
Strong understanding of cybersecurity, compliance, and zero-trust architecture.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 12 months, this leader will:
Improve developer experience through self-service infrastructure and platform capabilities.
Accelerate migration from legacy virtualization platforms to modern open-source alternatives.
Increase platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency across GEICO datacenters.
Establish engineering standards and architectural patterns adopted across multiple infrastructure organizations.
Influence technology direction well beyond their immediate team through technical leadership, mentorship, and innovation.
Why This Role Matters
This Distinguished Engineer will play a critical role in shaping GEICO's future infrastructure platform—building a secure, scalable, software-defined private cloud capable of supporting the company's next decade of growth while improving agility, resiliency, and cost efficiency.
#LI-RP2
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.
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.
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.
Distinguished Engineer – Private Cloud Platform Engineering
Position Summary
GEICO is seeking a transformational Distinguished Engineer to lead the technical vision, architecture, and evolution of our next-generation private cloud platform. This role will be responsible for driving the strategy, design, and implementation of a highly scalable, secure, and operationally efficient cloud ecosystem built on OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, and Software Defined Networking technologies.
As one of GEICO's most senior technical leaders, you will define the future-state architecture for our multi-region private cloud, influence technology decisions across Infrastructure, Security, Platform Engineering, and Developer Experience organizations, and help accelerate GEICO's modernization journey. You will partner with engineering leaders, architects, and executives to build cloud capabilities that rival public cloud providers while leveraging open-source technologies and commodity hardware to optimize cost, resilience, and scalability.
This role requires deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, storage architecture, and platform engineering along with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries and mentor senior engineering talent.
What You Will Do
Technical Strategy & Architecture
Define and own the long-term technical roadmap for GEICO's Private Cloud Platform.
Establish architectural standards for OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, SDN, identity integration, observability, and automation platforms.
Lead design reviews across multiple organizations and drive architectural consistency throughout the infrastructure ecosystem.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic investments that improve platform capabilities, operational excellence, and cost efficiency.
Private Cloud Platform Leadership
Architect and evolve a large-scale OpenStack-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform.
Define multi-region designs supporting virtual machines, bare metal services, storage, networking, and container platforms.
Drive modernization initiatives including platform resiliency, disaster recovery, multi-datacenter expansion, and workload migration from legacy virtualization platforms.
Partner with security teams to implement Zero Trust networking, workload identity, encryption, and compliance controls.
Software Defined Networking
Define software-defined networking architectures spanning datacenter and hybrid cloud environments.
Drive innovations in network virtualization, overlay technologies, routing automation, load balancing, firewall integration, and network observability.
Partner closely with networking teams to design scalable east-west and north-south traffic architectures.
Software Defined Storage
Provide technical leadership for large-scale Ceph deployments supporting block, object, and cloud-native storage services.
Design highly available storage architectures for OpenStack, Kubernetes, and application platforms.
Drive capacity planning, performance optimization, data durability, disaster recovery, and operational excellence initiatives.
Engineering Leadership
Mentor Senior Staff, Principal, and Staff Engineers.
Lead critical incident reviews, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making forums.
Build alignment across infrastructure, security, platform, and application engineering organizations.
Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership for private cloud strategy and investment decisions.
Required Qualifications
Experience
15+ years of software, infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering experience.
5+ years operating at Principal, Senior Staff, Distinguished Engineer, or equivalent technical leadership level.
Proven track record designing and operating large-scale cloud platforms supporting thousands of workloads.
Technical Expertise
Kubernetes
Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, operations, networking, storage, security, and ecosystem tooling.
Experience with platform engineering and internal developer platforms.
OpenStack
Extensive experience with OpenStack services including:
Nova
Neutron
Cinder
Glance
Keystone
Ironic
Placement
Experience designing and operating production OpenStack environments at scale.
Ceph
Expert knowledge of Ceph architecture and operations.
Experience with:
RBD
RGW
OSD tuning
Performance optimization
Multi-site deployments
Capacity and durability planning
Software Defined Networking
Deep understanding of SDN principles and architectures.
Experience with technologies such as:
EVPN/VXLAN
BGP
Overlay networking
SmartNIC technologies
Network virtualization
Cloud networking
Service mesh architectures
Automation & Software Engineering
Strong coding skills in one or more of:
Go
Python
Rust
Java
Expertise with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks.
Experience building highly reliable distributed systems.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building private cloud environments that compete with hyperscale cloud capabilities.
Experience migrating workloads from VMware or other legacy virtualization platforms.
Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure platforms, GPU orchestration, and high-performance computing environments.
Experience operating infrastructure at multi-petabyte scale.
Experience with platform observability and SRE practices.
Strong understanding of cybersecurity, compliance, and zero-trust architecture.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 12 months, this leader will:
Improve developer experience through self-service infrastructure and platform capabilities.
Accelerate migration from legacy virtualization platforms to modern open-source alternatives.
Increase platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency across GEICO datacenters.
Establish engineering standards and architectural patterns adopted across multiple infrastructure organizations.
Influence technology direction well beyond their immediate team through technical leadership, mentorship, and innovation.
Why This Role Matters
This Distinguished Engineer will play a critical role in shaping GEICO's future infrastructure platform—building a secure, scalable, software-defined private cloud capable of supporting the company's next decade of growth while improving agility, resiliency, and cost efficiency.
#LI-RP2
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.
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.
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Cloud Engineer Job Market in Washington
A snapshot from current Washington openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Google17
- Apple6
- Amazon Web Services5
- GEICO4
- Rippling3
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software11
- Banking & Financial Services5
- Retail4
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces4
- Artificial Intelligence3
What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in cloud engineer jobs across Washington.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical field
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
- Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in enterprise environments
- Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, or Google Cloud Professional
Cloud Engineer Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a cloud engineer in Washington?
Cloud engineering has no state-issued license in Washington, so the path runs through education and vendor certification. Most Washington employers expect at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering alongside at least one major cloud certification from AWS, Microsoft, or Google. Candidates who build hands-on project portfolios and contribute to open-source infrastructure work stand out in Washington's competitive hiring pool.
How much do cloud engineers make in Washington?
Cloud engineers in Washington earn a median of about $128,940 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $60,210 for the lowest 10% to over $200,610 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire cloud engineers in Washington?
Employers hiring cloud engineers in Washington right now include Google, Apple, and Amazon Web Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Washington's concentration of major cloud platform headquarters and aerospace and defense contractors means cloud engineering roles appear across a broader range of industries here than in most other states.
Which Washington cities have the most cloud engineer jobs?
Seattle, Kirkland, and Bellevue account for the largest share of cloud engineer openings in Washington. Seattle drives most of the volume as the home base for Amazon Web Services and a dense cluster of enterprise technology companies, while Bellevue and Redmond pull strong numbers thanks to Microsoft's campus and the satellite offices of major cloud vendors and consulting firms that surround it.
Are there remote cloud engineer jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields. Cloud engineering is almost entirely software-defined work, which makes it one of the more remote-accessible roles in technology. About 57% of cloud engineer openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how widely Washington employers have adopted distributed engineering teams. Infrastructure automation and cloud architecture work in particular skew toward remote arrangements.
How can I get hired as a cloud engineer in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is landing a cloud support or systems administrator role and building from there. Amazon and Microsoft both run associate and university-hire programs in Washington that bring in candidates without deep cloud engineering experience, often through rotational technical roles. Earning an entry-level certification like AWS Cloud Practitioner or Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, then completing a capstone project deploying a real application on a public cloud, gives a Washington candidate a concrete portfolio to show hiring managers.
Where can I find and apply to cloud engineer jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to cloud engineer jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings updated regularly. Find the roles that fit your experience level and target location, then apply directly to each one.
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