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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.

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