GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Manager with a passion for building systems and applications that support GEICO’s Cyber Fusion Center. You will build and manage a team of engineers with a deep focus on delivering products to support cybersecurity event and alert management, incident response, forensics, threat intelligence, and incident management, and help drive the transformation of GEICO’s cybersecurity program.
Position Description:
Our Senior Manager will be an engineering leader who works with engineering staff and cybersecurity professionals to innovate and build new engineering solutions, improve and enhance existing solutions, and leverage stakeholder engineering solutions to solve critical operational problems. This Senior Manager will lead strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will deliver cybersecurity products that transform or unlock new cybersecurity capabilities for GEICO. The ideal candidate is a leader with has technical expertise in leading effective engineering teams to build reliable, high-performance solutions built with a mix of open source and proprietary software. They will work closely with other Cyber Fusion Center leaders to deliver on our vision for a unified, common operating picture that merges threat intelligence, security telemetry, behavioral analytics, and other signals into clear, actionable intelligence and business insights that drive timely and effective response, blocking threat vectors before harm can occur, and ensuring timely mitigation and recovery when it does occur.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Manager, you will:
Apply your technical expertise to lead your team in building and maintaining information systems used by the Cyber Fusion Center and its partners.
Identify and address issues where technical or analytical skill gaps put future team deliverables at risk.
Collaborate with Cyber Fusion Center partner teams to understand challenges of operations, performance, and resiliency; formulating strategies to address issues in a sustainable way.
Work with your Director to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time.
Identify and raise appropriate project risks and present detailed alternatives as necessary and appropriate.
Report on and drive your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, and present detailed and implementable ideas for areas to improve project delivery.
Facilitate an inclusive and mutually supportive team culture that encourages team members to share knowledge, perspectives, and learn new technologies.
Support, assess, and grow the performance of your team members; fostering relationships within your team to create a culture of trust that positively motivates them to achieve more for themselves, GEICO, and our customers.
Motivate and coach others – especially your team and peers – to be receptive to feedback that encourages them to personally and professionally grow from their experiences (i.e. “growth mindset”).
Be a visible and inclusive thought leader in cybersecurity engineering and DevSecOps principles.
Qualifications
8+ years of experience in leadership positions.
5+ years’ experience supervising personnel in software engineering teams.
5+ years’ experience and demonstrated proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, Go(lang), Java, C++, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby or Rust, and demonstrated fluency with JSON, and RESTful Web Services.
4+ years of experience with one or more cloud services: AWS, GCP, Azure, or another private or public cloud service.
Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts.
Demonstrated applied knowledge of application development life cycle methodologies such as agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevSecOps.
Demonstrated working knowledge of object-oriented development, Gang of Four (GOF) Design Patterns, Microservices, Dependency Injection with IOC containers, and both frontend and backend unit testing.
Experience in software engineering management tools, such as Azure DevOps and Portfolio.
Demonstrated understanding of threats, threat modeling, and the applicability to information systems.
Demonstrated experience in building on top of open-source software, and demonstrated understanding of the risks and benefits from using open source.
Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and make decisions in challenging situations, along with critical thinking, judgement, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated high level written and oral communication skills.
Annual Salary
$115,000.00 - $260,000.00The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
Benefits:
As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:
*Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.
**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.
The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.
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