
Senior Staff Security Engineer – Vulnerability Management
GEICO
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • California • Maryland • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $260,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the full vulnerability lifecycle: discovery, validation, risk analysis, prioritization, and remediation measurement
- Leverage business contextualization, underlying systems, and threat intelligence to perform risk assessment for identifying true risk to drive remediation
- Build integrations among scanning tools, asset inventory, CMDBs, ticketing, CI/CD, and monitoring pipelines to streamline workflows
- Evaluate, test, and implement emerging tools and technologies that advance VM automation and intelligence
- Design automation to reduce manual work, increase accuracy, and accelerate remediation
- Generate data-driven insights that help teams understand, prioritize, and resolve vulnerabilities efficiently
- Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, and product engineering groups to integrate vulnerability management into pipelines and delivery workflows
- Work closely with risk, compliance, governance, and incident response teams to ensure alignment with organizational and regulatory standards
- Communicate vulnerability trends, risk implications, and remediation strategies to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Define KPIs, SLAs, dashboards, and reporting models to drive accountability and measurable vulnerability reduction
- Establish repeatable processes, playbooks, and workflows that ensure consistent VM operations across teams and environments
- Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of VM tools and data pipelines
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, offering guidance on advanced security concepts, engineering best practices, and career development
- Serve as a multiplier by elevating skillsets across teams through coaching, pairing, design reviews, and knowledge-sharing
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity or security engineering roles
- Deep expertise with vulnerability management tools, methodologies, and industry standards
- Hands-on experience with modern infrastructure, cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP), container platforms, and operating systems
- Proficiency with a modern programming language (Python, Go, Java, etc.) and scripting for automation at scale
- Strong understanding of security architecture, networking, operating systems, identity, and cloud services
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire engineers across multiple teams
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex risks into actionable guidance
- Hands-on experience implementing cybersecurity frameworks e.g. NIST CSF
- Hands-on experience with leading compliance initiatives to meet e.g. PCI, SOX, NYDFS, etc.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation
- 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match
- Performance and recognition-based incentives
- Tuition assistance
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare
- Fertility and adoption assistance
- Supports workplace flexibility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
vulnerability managementrisk assessmentautomationprogramming (Python, Go, Java)scriptingcloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP)security architecturenetworkingoperating systemscybersecurity frameworks (NIST CSF)
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationinfluencingcollaborationcoachingguidanceproblem-solvingdata-driven insightsstakeholder engagement