Sr. Staff Security Engineer – AI, VMR, Offensive Security
GEICO · Palo Alto, CA · 1 wk ago
On-siteInformation Technology$120k–$260k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the strategy and technical execution of Vulnerability Management, Offensive Security, and AI-augmented security at scale.
- Leverage business contextualization, underlying systems, threat intelligence, and AI frontier models to perform risk assessment for identifying true risk to drive remediation.
- Evaluate, test, and implement emerging AI technologies that advance automated discovery and remediation.
- Design automation to reduce manual work, increase accuracy, and accelerate remediation.
- Generate data-driven insights that help teams understand, prioritize, and resolve vulnerabilities efficiently.
- Drive customer success for the vulnerability management and offensive security functions.
- Play role of an advisor to senior executive leadership.
- Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, and product engineering groups to integrate vulnerability management into pipelines and delivery workflows.
- Work closely with risk, compliance, governance, and incident response teams to ensure alignment with organizational and regulatory standards.
- Communicate vulnerability trends, risk implications, and remediation strategies to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Operational Excellence & Measurement
- Define KPIs, SLAs, dashboards, and reporting models to drive accountability and measurable vulnerability reduction.
- Establish repeatable processes, playbooks, and workflows that ensure consistent VM operations across teams and environments.
- Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of VM tools and data pipelines.
Leadership, Mentoring & Team Development
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, offering guidance on advanced security concepts, engineering best practices, and career development.
- Serve as a multiplier by elevating skillsets across teams through coaching, pairing, design reviews, and knowledge-sharing.
- Influence architecture and engineering leadership with clear communication, strong decision-making, and the ability to simplify complex security issues.