Cybersecurity Engineer
AIG
AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityLinuxPythonSplunkTCP/IPUnix
Staff Software Developer, Cybersecurity
GEICO
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chevy Chase • Maryland, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $105,000 - $230,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJenkinsLinuxMacOSPrometheusPythonTerraform
About the role
- Design, build, and evolve production-ready systems in Python (required) and other languages to enable cybersecurity capabilities, automate telemetry, and strengthen detection pipelines.
- Create robust, fault-tolerant, and secure services focused on performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Partner with engineering leadership to define and execute technical roadmaps that align with Cybersecurity and business objectives.
- Integrate solutions with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible), and observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus).
- Adopt, integrate, and contribute to open-source frameworks, tools, and security libraries.
- Enforce best practices in coding quality, performance, testing, and documentation across the team.
- Provide technical guidance to peers, foster cross-team collaboration, and promote a culture of engineering excellence.
Requirements
- Proven enterprise-level development experience with Python is required for consideration.
- Experience in system design, data pipelines, distributed systems, and infrastructure at scale.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP; knowledge of cloud-native services and security tooling.
- Proficiency developing for Linux, macOS, and Windows environments.
- Experience embedding solutions in pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and deploying infrastructure with Terraform or Ansible.
- Exposure to SIEMs, EDRs, vulnerability scanners, or other security tooling (preferred).
- Strong communication skills with proven ability to partner with leadership, cross-functional stakeholders, and mentor team members.
- 10+ years of professional software development experience (Python strongly required).
- 8+ years in engineering roles (security engineering or DevSecOps experience a plus).
- 6+ years working in cloud-native environments.
- 4+ years building with or integrating open-source tools.
- Familiarity with machine learning or AI-based solutions is a plus, not required.
- Experience working with audit/compliance teams is a plus, not required.
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Pythonsystem designdata pipelinesdistributed systemsinfrastructure at scalecloud-native servicesLinuxmacOSWindowsDevSecOps
Soft skills
strong communication skillspartnering with leadershipmentoring team memberscross-team collaborationpromoting engineering excellence
