Senior Manager, Staff Software Engineering - Identity and Access Management

Position Summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Identity and Access Management team. In this role, you will drive innovation in the workforce and workload identity and access management domain and shape the way that we deploy, manage, and secure our identities. This role involves close collaboration with our business partners, product teams, and other GEICO tech teams to ensure we are leveraging modern identity platforms and practices to deliver a great experience to our consumers.

Position Description

As a Senior Manager, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, providing technical leadership to innovate, design, and optimize Identity and Access Management at GEICO. You will drive the strategic technical roadmap, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and unlocking new engineering capabilities.

Position Responsibilities

As a Senior Manager, you will:

• Lead the strategic design, development, and optimization of GEICO’s Identity and Access Management platforms.
• Manage a team of highly skilled engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to foster professional growth and development.
• Collaborate closely with upstream Identity and Cyber communities to contribute to open source maintenance and enhancements, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Ensure the security, availability, and performance of our IdP and IGA applications implementing rigorous measures to safeguard critical assets.
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, guiding the team in recommending and implementing innovative solutions to drive continuous improvement.
• Define and enforce best practices and standards for OATH for our applications and fostering a culture of excellence, efficiency, and accountability.
• Collaborate with application team to implement RBAC/PBAC/ABAC solutions that reduce sensitive data exposure, thereby enhancing data security and minimizing the risk of unauthorized access.
• Create JIT and Zero Trust standards and processes for privilege identity management to ensure strong lifecycle management and governance for the identities that have access to GEICO’s most secure assets and data.
• Stay at the forefront of emerging identity trends, technologies, and best practices, and apply this knowledge to enhance GEICO’s identity protection strategies.
• Utilize agile methodologies to effectively prioritize tasks, manage workload, and meet project deadlines.
• Communicate technical concepts and solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitating alignment and understanding across teams.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of security principles and technologies in the Identity and Access Management domain: RBAC/PBAC/ABAC, SSO (OAUTH/SAML), Active Directory, Cloud IdPs, Passwordless (Passkey/Hardware Token) and related concepts. Demonstrated ability to design and implement resilient, scalable, and efficient solutions.
• Deep understanding of Identity Governance and Compliance policies and practices
• Extensive experience in partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production, demonstrating a track record of successful collaboration and delivery.
• Strong familiarity with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code practices, driving efficiency and agility in development and deployment processes.
• Fluency in DevOps concepts, Cloud Architecture, and operational frameworks, enabling effective deployment and management of cloud-based infrastructure.
• 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.
• One or more of the following certifications are highly desired:
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Experience

• 6+ years of professional experience in building Identity and Access Management platforms, processes, and governance for large enterprises at scale
• 6+ years of experience with open-source frameworks is desired.
• 5+ years of experience in design, architecture and implementation of highly secure, scalable, and reliable enterprise grade platforms and applications
• 5+ years of hands-on work experience supervising 10+ personnel in a technical environment.
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or Bare metal

Education

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

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Annual Salary

$125,000.00 - $300,000.00

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.

 

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location.  Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

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.