Senior Cybersecurity Operations Engineer

GEICO; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer to monitor security gaps, drive timely resolutions, and create visuals on the current state of security across CSIRT, GRC, and partner teams.

You will organize security documentation, lead discussions on best practices, and deliver high‑quality solutions on time and within budget while coordinating activities across multiple systems and departments.

Sponsorship for employment authorization is available.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in an engineering-focused role
• 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 third party attestation requirements (PCI, SOX)

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 efficiencies in technology evaluations, requirements gathering and procurement or creation.
• Provide expert guidance, demonstrations and lead discussions on security best practices to stakeholders and leadership.
• Works with CSIRT, GRC, Tech and partner teams to ensure protection coverages, proper detection event notifications, documentation and standards.
• Organize, store and manage operational best practices documentation for security solutions to protect our platforms including endpoint, cloud, collaboration, identity and network.
• Partner with sponsors, delivery teams, and stakeholders to deliver quality solutions on time and within budget by coordinating 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, and present detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives.

Skills

Containerization

VMs

CI/CD

IaC

Security engineering

Leadership

Risk management

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Cyber Security

Certifications in engineering technologies

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

PCI/DSS awareness

Job description

GEICO in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer to monitor security gaps, drive timely resolutions, and create visuals on the current state of security across CSIRT, GRC, and partner teams.

You will organize security documentation, lead discussions on best practices, and deliver high‑quality solutions on time and within budget while coordinating activities across multiple systems and departments.

Sponsorship for employment authorization is available.