Senior Staff Security Engineer, AI, VMR, Offensive Security

GEICO

Confirmed live yesterday High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Bethesda, MDPalo Alto, CADallas, TXSeattle, WA
Salary
$120,000–$260,000 / yr
Posted
87 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $186k
This role $190k
$103k most similar roles pay here $277k

This role pays more than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $159,000–$213,812 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $190k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About GEICO

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is one of the largest auto insurers in the United States, offering affordable auto, home, renters, and other personal insurance products. Industry: Insurance

GEICO currently has 68 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $112,500–$230,000 across 68 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at GEICO

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Staff Security Engineer, AI, VMR, Offensive Security

Sr. Staff Security Engineer – AI, VMR, Offensive Security joins the Cybersecurity organization to lead the strategy and technical execution of Vulnerability Management and Offensive Security across a complex hybrid technology ecosystem. This high-impact role involves managing the full vulnerability lifecycle, including asset discovery, risk-based assessment, and remediation measurement while integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows. The engineer will leverage frontier AI models to scale offensive insights and defensive capabilities, automate manual tasks, and provide advisory to senior executive leadership. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Python, Go, or Java for automation, experience with cloud services like AWS, Azure, and GCP, and expertise in container platforms and networking. The role addresses the challenge of maintaining a robust security posture by integrating advanced tools into infrastructure and product engineering to ensure secure innovation at scale.

What does a Security Engineer earn in California?

Median $196000 from 31 postings across 16 companies.

See salary data

What you'll do

  • Lead the strategy and technical execution of Vulnerability Management and Offensive Security across hybrid systems.
  • Manage the full vulnerability lifecycle including discovery, risk assessment, triaging, and remediation measurement.
  • Integrate security tools with asset inventories, ticketing systems, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline workflows.
  • Implement frontier AI models and automation to accelerate threat detection and vulnerability remediation.
  • Advise executive leadership by translating complex technical risks into clear, business-aligned outcomes.
  • Define KPIs, SLAs, and reporting models to drive measurable improvements in security posture.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on advanced security concepts and engineering best practices.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, development, and product teams to integrate security from design through deployment.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cyber Security, or equivalent education with relevant work experience.
  • 10+ 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 such as Python, Go, or Java for automation at scale.
  • Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire engineers across multiple teams while influencing senior stakeholders.
  • Hands-on experience implementing cybersecurity frameworks like NIST CSF and leading compliance initiatives such as PCI, SOX, or NYDFS.
  • Experience with penetration testing, threat modeling, and integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines.

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Staff Software Security Engineer

Robinhood

Bellevue, WA +1 10 days ago $247,000$290,000
Identity & Access Management (IAM) Cryptography Cloud Security Infrastructure Security AI Security LLM Detection & Response Security Architecture Production Systems Automation

Senior Security Engineer, Offensive Security

Datadog

91 days ago $195,000$240,000
Red Teaming Offensive Security Python Go AWS GCP Azure Kubernetes CI/CD Automation EDR SIEM Linux macOS Vulnerability Analysis Security Engineering
5+ yrs exp Hybrid

Staff Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management

GEICO

Remote (Seattle, WA) +3 85 days ago $110,000$230,000
Vulnerability Management Security Engineering Python Go Java SQL CI/CD DevSecOps SIEM SOAR Containers Distributed Systems Threat Modeling Offensive Security PCI NYDFS
8+ yrs exp Remote

Staff Software Engineer, Cybersecurity

GEICO

Remote (Bethesda, MD) +3 2 days ago $100,000$260,000
DevSecOps CI/CD AWS Azure GCP Python Java Go C# Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management Distributed Systems open-source Application Performance Monitoring
8+ yrs exp Remote

Staff Vulnerability Management Engineer

SoFi

Seattle, WA +1 43 days ago $144,000$247,500
Vulnerability Management Python Go JavaScript TypeScript Java Kubernetes AWS GCP Azure CI/CD Infrastructure as Code SAST SCA SBOM Tines Wiz Semgrep Snyk Rapid7 Tenable Checkmarx CVSS EPSS CISA KEV AI/ML