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Staff Engineer - ADCS

GEICO

Company websitegeico.com (GEICO, opens in new tab)

Base salary $115K  to $230K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Bethesda, MD +2 more

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  • LocationBethesda, MD +2 more
  • WorkplaceHybrid
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
All places named
  • Bethesda, MD
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • Seattle, WA

About this job

Why Join GEICO?

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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.

Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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 Staff 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 Staff Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineers, Sr. Staff Engineer's, and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems as well as identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in software engineering, cryptography, and open-source IaaS platform domain


Position Responsibilities
As a Staff Engineer, you will:

  • Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
  • Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
  • Develop and execute technical software development strategy for the IaaS Engineering domain, while optimizing for performance and efficiency
  • Own accountability for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
  • Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives
  • 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, demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learning
  • Take on-call and operation support

Qualifications

  • Strong knowledge of PKI and Certificate Management
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft ADCS (Active Directory Certificate Services) including
    • Certificate Template management
    • Enrollment and Issuance Criteria
    • Certificate Authority Governance and Operations
  • Strong foundations in software engineering
  • Deep hands-on experience in complex system design and data pipeline and architectures, scale and performance, tuning, with good knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes
  • Professional experience in software development at least one modern programming language, including Go, Python, Java, or Rust
  • Hands-on experience with public and/or private cloud environments (OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.)
  • Experience and technical knowledge of security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols and cryptography
  • Experience in CI/CD pipeline and related open-source tools like GIT/Jenkin/CircleCI/SonarQube and knowledge in Terraform will be big plus
  • Demonstrated ability to design and implement resilient, scalable, and efficient solutions
  • Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks
  • Excellent communication skills, able to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Knowledge on Open-source monitoring software like Grafana and Prometheus
  • One of more of the following certifications are highly desired:
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Experience

  • 6+ years of professional IaaS experience
  • 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
  • 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
  • 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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Annual Salary

$115,000.00 - $230,000.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.

Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.

Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.

Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

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.

Source: GEICO on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

This range next to 6 other live GEICO roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live GEICO roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Staff Engineer - ADCS (this listing)$115K - $230K
Staff Engineer$115K - $230K
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Staff Engineer$115K - $230K
Staff Data Scientist, Product$115K - $230K
Sr. Staff AI Engineer, AI Agent Platform (Agent & Evaluation Harness)$115K - $260K
Staff Software Engineer$115K - $230K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All GEICO roles · How to read the bar

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-07
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Location as the employer wrote it: Bethesda, MD • Palo Alto, CA • Seattle, WA

$115,000.00 - $230,000.00

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