Staff Cyber Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

GEICO

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bethesda, MD
Salary
$110,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago

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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 125 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$230,000 across 125 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Cyber Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

GEICO's Cyber Security Engineering & Analytics team is hiring a Staff Cyber Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the reliability and performance of their security platforms through hands-on engineering. This role involves writing production-quality code in Python and Golang, building automation tools, and driving observability practices using Grafana, Prometheus, and similar stacks. The ideal candidate will partner with software developers and infrastructure engineers to ensure systems are reliable, scalable, and maintainable, while also leading incident response efforts and conducting post-mortem analyses. Experience with AI/ML and large language models is a significant plus in identifying opportunities for operational intelligence and anomaly detection within the high-velocity agile environment of GEICO’s cybersecurity initiatives.

What you'll do

  • Own reliability engineering by defining and driving standards for cybersecurity platforms.
  • Write production-quality code in Python and Golang to automate operational workflows.
  • Partner with developers and infrastructure engineers to review system designs for reliability.
  • Drive observability by instrumenting security platforms with meaningful metrics and alerts.
  • Lead incident response, coordinate resolution, and produce blameless post-mortems.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated production-level Python development for automation and operational software.
  • Proven background in site reliability engineering or platform engineering with a strong software development component.
  • Hands-on experience with Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent observability tools.
  • Experience leading structured incident response and conducting blameless post-mortems.
  • Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and IaC tooling (Terraform, Ansible).
  • 8+ years of professional engineering experience in software development and SRE roles.

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