Sr Staff Identity and Access Management Engineer

Geico Insurance•Chevy Chase, MD

67d•$120,000 - $260,000

About The Position

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That's why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Position Summary GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high performance, minimal 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. Position description Our Senior Staff Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff, working across the organization to provide friction-less experience for our customers and maintain the highest standards of compliance, protection and availability. You will be part of a team that 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 of the Identity Directory Services and solutions that ensure secure authorization to GEICO's data assets.

Requirements

Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and the Software Development Lifecycle
Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Kerberos, LDAP, SAML, OAuth, and OIDC
Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
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
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
Fluency and specialization with at least one modern language such as Java, Go, or Python
In depth expertise in cryptographic protocols, digital certificates, and encryption standards such as X.509, Transport Layer Security (TLS), and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks and vulnerabilities
Excellent communication skills, able to communicate complete technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
10+ years of professional experience in technology or identity engineering
8+ years of experience with security, identity, architecture, and design
4+ years of experience with open-source frameworks is desired
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
1+ years of people management experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Responsibilities

Lead execution and adoption of modern authentication and authorization mechanisms (SAML, OIDC/OAUTH2)
Engage peers and leaders at all levels.
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning
Own the complete project lifecycle for application integrations of both on-premises and SaaS applications with our IGA platform.
Collaborate with application team to implement tokenization solutions that reduce sensitive data exposure, thereby enhancing data security and minimizing the risk of unauthorized access
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

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family's overall well-being.
Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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