Sr. Staff Engineer – Identity and Access Management

Position Summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-

performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications.  You will

help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional

IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-

creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

Our Senior Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the

organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain

the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds

in delivering high quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth

environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep

technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end

systems and all points in between.

Position Responsibilities

As a Sr. Staff Engineer, you will:

• Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
• Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
• Influence and educate leadership at all levels
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
• Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning
• Oversee efficient identity lifecycle management, directory services while optimizing overall processes.
• Stay at the forefront of emerging identity trends, technologies, and best practices, and apply this knowledge to enhance GEICO’s data protection strategies
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including security, compliance, and application teams to ensure the seamless integration and alignment of solutions with organizational goals
• Build resilient and scalable architecture, driving innovation and cost efficiency

Qualifications

• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
• Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
• Experience with micro-services-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
• Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting
• Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal
• In depth knowledge of Datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform, and its native services including the Azure platform and its native services
• Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
• Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.)
• Fluency and specialization with at least one modern language such as Java, Go, or Rust

• In depth expertise in cryptographic protocols, digital certificates, and encryption standards such as X.509, Transport Layer Security (TLS), and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement resilient, scalable, and efficient solutions
• Strong problem-solving ab