Senior Manager, SRE Risk Advisory and Oversight

Capital One • McLean, VA

1d • $209,000 - $286,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Capital One is a rapidly growing organization focused on technology and innovation, including a significant move to the public cloud. The Technology & Data Risk Management (TDRM) organization, comprising approximately 200 professionals, oversees around 14,000 developers and is responsible for raising standards in cybersecurity, reliability, tech risk, and data management. This role is within the Second Line of Defense, providing independent oversight and challenge to ensure robust technology and data risk management practices across the enterprise. The Senior Manager, SRE Risk Advisory and Oversight will provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise on software engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, leveraging deep engineering background and modern technical skills, including Gen AI and automation, to ensure customer experiences are seamless and highly reliable. This role involves providing oversight and challenge on key technology areas such as cloud services, enterprise architecture, cloud migrations, and technology deployments, and collaborating with first-line technology teams, lines of business, and other risk management offices to assess and mature the company’s resilience posture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
• At least 6 years of experience managing, consulting, auditing, or working in the fields of software engineering, site reliability engineering, or information technology
• At least 3 years of experience with cloud implementations (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• At least 2 years of experience with open-source programming languages

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline
• Professional certification (AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS SysOps Administrator)
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud-native and container stacks
• Experience with enterprise monitoring, observability, and alerting toolsets (Splunk, Prometheus, Datadog, ELK, PagerDuty)
• Proven experience drafting analytical assessments or technical white papers for senior executives and decision-makers
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, taking a lead advisory role on high-visibility resilience initiatives
• Prior experience working in financial services or another highly-regulated sector

Responsibilities

• Deliver independent, advisory-based technical leadership when assessing the design, development, and scalability of cloud-native systems against SRE best practices and enterprise risk appetites.
• Evaluate proposed and current cloud engineering practices, ensuring robust strategies are in place for automation, resiliency, performance, and monitoring.
• Act as a trusted advisor on core SRE pillars, advising teams on the maturity of their Service Level Indicators/Objectives (SLIs/SLOs), error budgeting, toil reduction, and release engineering (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Keep up-to-date with cutting-edge technology, standards, and tools—specifically cloud-native architectures, containerization, and the integration of emerging AI/ML technologies to optimize reliability and automation.
• Conduct independent risk reviews of cloud infrastructure, software delivery lifecycles, and observability architectures to identify systemic resilience risks.
• Draft and publish independent, data-driven risk materials for senior management and executives, translating complex engineering risks into clear business implications.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with first-line engineering leaders, product managers, and architects to communicate technology risks effectively and drive consensus on risk-mitigation strategies.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.
• Performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior