Senior Lead, Cyber Security (GPN)

Capital One•McLean, VA
•Onsite

About The Position

At Capital One, you will help consult on initiatives, programs, and projects to raise their game in Information Security. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of risk and security, but also willing to know when to pull in experts and escalate. You collaborate and innovate with other teams within Capital One to push the envelope. You are comfortable with Cloud Service technologies like Storage Services, Security & Access Control Management, Container Services, and API Implementation and Management. You are familiar with various Cloud computing models to include IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS along with their architectural differences. Security is essential to what we do here, from protecting our customers to our associates.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree
  • At least 7 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology
  • At least 6 years of experience evaluating, contributing to, or supporting development of cybersecurity capabilities

Nice To Haves

  • 7+ years of experience with cybersecurity frameworks and concepts such as NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, CMMC, FedRAMP, etc.
  • 7+ years of experience performing analysis of or developing solutions for cyber threats, vulnerabilities, risks, or, events
  • 7+ years of experience working on teams and presenting to stakeholders cybersecurity information such as metrics, threat intelligence, controls and/or requirements
  • 6+ years of experience working in multi-cloud environments
  • 6+ years of experience using security tools (e.g., Splunk, Crowdstrike, Qualys, or AWS Security Hub)
  • 3+ years of experience developing or interpreting cybersecurity metrics or dashboards
  • 2+ years of experience developing or overseeing cybersecurity or technology risk programs
  • Demonstrated familiarity with industry governance or financial governance processes
  • Advanced experience with risk management concepts, including identifying threats, assessing vulnerabilities, and recommending mitigation strategies.
  • Ability to perform security incident analysis and assist with resolution, translating technical findings into clear, actionable reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop associates by setting clear expectations, providing actionable feedback, and supporting career progression
  • Serve as a cybersecurity subject matter expert and advise on best practices in risk reduction through the configuration of cybersecurity tools and platforms
  • Support the development, modification, and use of capability, risk, and/or threat classification frameworks and standardization methodologies to facilitate the conduct of correlative capability, maturity, and effectiveness evaluations
  • Support the development, implementation, and execution of continuous improvement programs, including risk and issue identification, corrective action implementation, and results validation
  • Support the identification and operationalization of cross-programmatic linkages among a.) threats and risks, b.) controls, capabilities, and tooling, and c.) data analytics in order to facilitate initiative prioritization and decisioning on spending and resource allocation.
  • Lead solutioning for, and manage activities in response to, large-scale enterprise risk reduction efforts
  • Effectively communicate the impact of identified operational, compliance, process, control, and tooling gaps and potential remediation courses of action to multiple audiences, including leadership, to support the enhancement of their cybersecurity postures
  • Lead cross-domain cybersecurity risk assessments and capability reviews, ensuring alignment between enterprise control standards, business objectives, and regulator expectations
  • Influence and coordinate risk reduction initiatives across multiple cyber programs, driving consistency in control design, testing and reporting practices

Benefits

  • performance based incentive compensation
  • cash bonus(es)
  • long term incentives (LTI)
  • comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
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