Manager, Staff Engineering - Cryptography

Position Summary GEICO is seeking an experienced Manager of Engineering with a passion for building high performance, low‑latency platforms and applications. You will build and manage a team of engineers with a deep focus on delivering enterprise‑wide products to operate in a highly performant and efficient way, helping drive our insurance business transformation as we redefine experiences for our customers. Position Responsibilities Work with your senior leadership to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time Management responsibility for a team of cryptography (secrets/certificates/PKI) and data protection engineers Ownership of the end‑to‑end delivery of team strategy and platforms. Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas Report on your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery Initiate and support performance evaluation of team members Cultivate a culture that motivates all levels of performers to higher levels of achievement Build and maintain relationships with your team members to support an environment of trust Significantly contribute to the team planning process to include surfacing associate level proposals Qualifications Software and system design knowledge and experience Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) Management experience in HashiCorp Vault Operations and Engineering Secrets Management systems Azure Key Vault Operations and Engineering HSM management (SafeNet, Thales, etc.) Demonstrated conflict management, decision making and negotiation skills Proven ability to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.) platform knowledge Highly familiar with modern network, compute, storage, database, virtualization, cloud, and security technologies Fluency with API development and Event Driven Architectures Fluency with at least one modern language such as Python, Java, Go and experience with open‑source software is a big plus Experience in application monitoring tools and performance assessments Constructing, interpreting, and applying metrics to your work and decision making, able to use those metrics to identify correlation between drivers and results, and using that information to drive prioritization and action Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA) are highly desirable. Experience 6+ years coding experience 5+ years of development in a large‑scale, mission‑critical environment 5+ years of hands‑on work experience supervising personnel in a technical environment 2+ years’ experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End‑to‑End functional testing Education Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience. Annual Salary $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Employment Authorization GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. Equal Employment Opportunity The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants. #J-18808-Ljbffr GEICO