GEICO · 5 hours ago
Sr. Staff Engineer, Operations Engineer (HYBRID)
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$130K/yr - $260K/yr
8+ years expGEICO is a well-known insurance company that provides quality coverage to millions of customers. The Sr. Staff Engineer will monitor security gaps, drive automation of security processes, and coordinate project activities to deliver quality solutions on time and within budget.
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Responsibilities
Monitor and track signals of security gaps, initiative delays, compliance risks due to system issues, and drive resolution
Create visuals on current state of the union related to security engineering
Help to develop standards on reporting tool effectiveness, maturity, resilience and other factors in determining risks as they come up
Help drive automation of routine tasks to drive growth in security protection and detection technologies
Provide expert guidance, demonstrations and lead discussions on security best practices to stakeholders and leadership
Works in lockstep with our CSIRT, GRC, Tech and partner teams to ensure protection coverages, proper detection event notifications, documentation and standards we can all use
Organize, store and manage operational best practices documentation for security solutions to protect our platforms including endpoint, cloud, collaboration, identity and network
Partner with the project sponsors, delivery teams, and stakeholders to deliver quality solutions on time and within budget by coordinating project activities across multiple systems, departments, and teams
Create, maintain, and actively manage a detailed project schedule, change control process, and documentation
Identify and raise appropriate security risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives
Qualification
Required
Infrastructure technologies knowledge in a hybrid cloud environment such including Containerization, VMs, CI/CD pipeline, IaC
Extensive experience in engineering and solution delivery in a dynamic service provider environment
Strong program and project management skills with proven experience coordinating projects across multiple teams, with successful project/product delivery at scale
Working knowledge of security services and their impact on production systems including runtime protection services, detective and protective agents and/or daemon sets, vulnerability and application scanning, etc
Experience in a multi-platform environment with Linux, Mac, Windows
Experience communicating and presenting to senior and junior staff with the ability to influence stakeholders
Detail and deadline oriented with effective organizational and analytic skills
Strong critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, and analytical skills
Outstanding time management skills and attention to detail
Excellent verbal/written communication skills, including the ability to clearly document findings, proposals, issues, and status
Experience with continuous delivery
Self-motivated and able to work independently while coordinating activities with cross-divisional teams
Effective leadership qualities, ability to influence without direct management authority
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Knowledge of industry-standard security control frameworks including PCI, SOX, NYDFS
8+ years in an engineering focused role, preferably in the tech industry
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud providers
4+ years in a senior role influencing company direction
Experience applying engineering to meet or exceed third party attestation requirements (PCI, SOX, …)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or equivalent education with work experience
Third party certifications on engineering related technologies
Benefits
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.
Company
GEICO
GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company, has been providing affordable auto insurance since 1936. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
GEICO has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown1996-01-01Acquired
Leadership Team
Todd Combs
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Clayton Johnson
Sr. Director of Product Management
Recent News
2026-01-24
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