Staff Engineer - Product Security

Our Product Security tooling team is focused on enabling our engineering teams to build and develop code securely, supporting our code and application scanning tools (vendor & open source). We are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer who can help scale out, automate, and support our Tooling applications, specifically our build-time container scanning tooling. The ideal candidate is experienced in understanding and challenging our Security & Engineering organizations on how and where to implement secure code guardrails and security scanning. We are aiming to expand out our coverage of our security scanning tools more broadly within the enterprise, in a more integrated fashion while also navigating quickly-changing and legacy environments across our tech stack., As a Staff Engineer, you will

• Own managing our vendor/open source tooling, integrating functionality across multiple technology platforms such as GitHub Enteprise and Azure DevOps
• Build out applications and automations to reach our team goals, better integrate across the Tech platforms, and focus on prioritizing the most critical vulns/findings engineering teams should fix
• Develop and implement security policies and procedures
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure secure coding practices are followed
• Stay up to date with the latest security threats and trends
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
• Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
• Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions, 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.

Do you have experience in Tooling?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, * CI/CD pipeline experience, specifically ADO pipelines & GitHub Actions are required for this role

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or Golang
• Experience with security tools such as vulnerability scanners or static code scanning tools
• Knowledge of web application security and how to support engineers with managing their security vulnerabilities as a result of the Product Security scanning tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Knowledge of various managed and database technologies like such as Cosmos, SQL, MySQL, MongoDB
• Understanding and knowledge of application development life cycle methodologies such as waterfall, rapid prototyping, incremental, and DevOps
• Familiar with navigating implementing and supporting vendor tools deployed in an enterprise environment
• Understanding and applied use of OWASP Top 10, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, etc.

Experience:

• 6+ years of experience in application security, or in a related domain
• 6+ years experience with programming languages, including understanding and interacting with CI/CD pipelines for application deployments

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Pulled from the full job description

• Tuition reimbursement
• Health insurance
• Adoption assistance
• 401(k) 6% Match

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.