Center 1 (19052), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Director, Information Security Office Consultant

At Capital One, you will help consult on initiatives, programs, and projects to raise their game in Information Security and Risk Management. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of risk and security, but also willing to lean into solutions or know when to pull in additional experts and or escalate. You collaborate and innovate with other teams within Capital One to push the envelope. You are comfortable with technologies like Cloud services, Containers, Docker, Microservices, Serverless, APIs, DevOps, micro-segmentation, Customer Servicing platforms and technologies security, generative AI security, PCI and other business and regulatory cybersecurity compliance frameworks. Security is essential to what we do here, from protecting our customers to our associates.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a central point of contact for your line of business to the rest of Capital One’s Information Security and Risk Management

• Coordinate and execute proactive Information Security consulting to the business and technology teams covering Infrastructure Platform Security, Application Security, Resiliency, Data Security, Network Architecture and Design, and User Access Management

• Serve as an expert in Capital One’s Information Security capabilities, architecture solutions, policies, procedures and standards

• Influence customers to leverage security capabilities and solutions to shift and integrate security to the left in the development processes

• Partner with enterprise cyber,  tech and product security teams to provide technical and cybersecurity architectural leadership, where necessary to drive innovative solutions that help improve security

• Escalate and manage cyber security risk

• Provide ad hoc support on special Information Security hot topics for the business

• Provide regular updates to executive leadership with your line of business on the overall Information Security health and risk environment

• Work with line of business leadership to anticipate their objectives and needs to better serve the line of business

About You:

• You have a desire to work in a very fast moving, forward leaning, and modern computing environment

• You have a deep passion for Securing modern computing platforms

• You have a strong desire to continually learn about new technologies

• You possess strong conceptual thinking and communication skills

• You are able to work well under minimal supervision

• You are a demonstrated leader with team-oriented interpersonal skills and the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles, including upper management, IT leaders, and technology vendors

• You maintain calmness and clarity of thought under pressure and ability to maintain confidentiality

• You have a deep understanding of strategic business objectives and the ability to drive results toward those objectives

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• At least 5 years of people leadership experience

• At least 7 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology 

• At least 5 years of experience performing security risk assessments and security architecture reviews

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience providing guidance and oversight of security concepts

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering

• 5+ years experience building software utilizing public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)

• 5+ years experience with cloud security strategy, architecture and engineering

• 2+ years experience securing customer servicing agents platforms

• 2+ years experience in securing Generative AI platforms and applications

• 2+ years experience with Agile methodologies

• 2+ years experience with Application Security, Threat Modeling, Penetration Testing or Vulnerability Management

• 3+ years experience integrating SaaS products into an Enterprise Environment 

• 2+ years experience with securing container services

• 2+ years of financial services industry experience

• Professional certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• 2+ years experience in Offensive or Defensive Security techniques

• Experience in cybersecurity, privacy, or technology industry standards (ISO 27001/27002, NIST CSF and 800 series, GLBA, GDPR, FFIEC, or PCI-DSS)

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $274,800 - $313,600 for Director, Cyber Technical

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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