Staff Software Engineer - Cybersecurity

Job description

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. GEICO is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer with a deep technical expertise and passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime, and highly scalable systems. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of design, development, and implementation of scalable solutions in hybrid environments using commercial and open-source products, preferably in Cybersecurity domain. This role will be responsible for leading enterprise initiatives and collaboration with cross-functional teams as well as designing and implementing secure and scalable solutions to drive Vulnerability Management initiatives. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you’re not just a technical expert—you’re a lead, a problem solver, an innovator who thrives in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment. You will turn complex security challenges into elegant, practical solutions while fostering collaboration across teams and stakeholders. You have exposure to Cybersecurity and are well-versed with Vulnerability Management Lifecycle - asset discovery, internal/external scans, contextualization and risk-based assessment, triaging of CVEs, detection authoring, security data pipeline, reporting, and remediation. Senior Staff Engineer works closely with infrastructure, development, product, and other organizations across GEICO to integrate security into the ecosystem from design through deployment to sustainable operations. The Staff Engineer brings in expertise in requirements identification, feasibility analysis, secure infrastructure designs, technology evaluation and selection, and implementation of scalable systems using CI/CD and DevSecOps to raise the bar on engineering excellence and security best practices. ​​​ As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will: Provide technical leadership for cybersecurity program strategy, software development, integration decisions, analyzing design constraints and trade-offs in system and security design Lead design, development, and delivery of security solutions to drive Vulnerability Management initiatives. Deliver automation initiatives, conduct advanced research, and develop proofs of concept to enhance our security capabilities and improve overall efficiency Achieve security business outcomes through force multiplication Develop, integrate, and maintain multilevel cybersecurity designs, architectures, policies, and procedures Provide secure design guidance and recommendations to developers, infrastructure, and product engineers Influence and educate partner teams to bring an engineering first approach to develop sustainable security systems. Mentor peers and team members in security technologies, enterprise solution design, deployment, and effective customer interaction Provide motivating demonstrations and communications to show the value of our security measures to the business, highlighting the low impact on systems, improved operability and resiliency Qualifications Tech-lead with full-stack software development and DevSecOps experience in a hybrid environment (AWS, Azure, on-prem) Development and leadership in Cybersecurity domain, preferably in Vulnerability Management Engineering Specialization with at least one modern language such as Java, Go, Python or C#, and a scripting language Extensive knowledge and experience of building data intensive large-scale distributed systems on cloud ​Experience building the architecture and design of new and current systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) ​Fluency in DevOps concepts and best practices in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as a code ​Experience with application performance monitoring tools and performance assessments Ability to design, implement, deploy, and operate systems to solve complex security problems in a fast-paced, startup-like environment Strong knowledge of industry-standard security tools, frameworks, and best practices including MITRE, CIS and NIST Experience working with auditors and demonstrating security controls Experience 8+ years of non-internship professional software engineering experience of building large-scale distributed systems 4+ years of experience with architecture and design in a tech lead role 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud providers 3+ years of experience in open-source frameworks Foundational knowledge of security best practices for system design and development Experience of building applications for security domain Experience of assessing security vulnerabilities and driving their remediation is a plus Professional security certification (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP) is a plus Education Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, or equivalent education with work experience Annual Salary $100,000.00 - $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. At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. 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.