Senior Manager, Technology Change Risk Oversight

Capital One • New York, NY

92d • $204,900 - $280,600

About The Position

Capital One is one of the fastest growing organizations in the world today, powered by our passion for our customers. We are serious about technology, we dream big, and we execute: Capital One moved our entire enterprise to the public cloud over the course of five years. Just as we prioritize driving innovation through technology, we equally prioritize cybersecurity, reliability, and managing technology risk. Technology Risk Management (TRM) is a small organization that packs a big punch. The ~100 professionals in TRM are trusted experts who oversee ~14,000 developers at Capital One. We raise the bar for excellence in cybersecurity, reliability, and tech risk. We shape strategy and decisions, challenge activities to ensure they meet our standards, and perform independent tests of our security and technology risk. As the Senior Manager, Technology Change Risk Oversight you will play a key role in the review, risk identification, risk assessment, reporting, and effective challenge of technology processes, controls, and capabilities, including but not limited to material and high risk technology changes. You will provide subject matter expertise, oversight, and effective challenge of key Technology areas such as cloud services, enterprise architecture, cloud migrations, and overall technology deployments. As part of the second line of defense, this position will also collaborate closely with associates in first line Cyber, Technology, the Lines of Business, as well as other second line of defense risk management offices to perform and support evaluations of the effectiveness of the firm's controls infrastructure and offer independent advice and recommendations regarding ways to further mature the firm's cyber risk management capabilities. Finally, as a member of a growing organization, you will have the opportunity to shape and further refine your portfolio commensurate with the priorities of the organization and the company. The demands and high-visibility nature of this position requires an expert with a proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and who can begin contributing immediately.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or military experience.
• At least 6 years of experience managing, consulting, auditing, or working in the fields of information security or information technology.
• At least 3 years experience with Public Cloud implementations.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or in an Engineering discipline.
• Professional certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Security Speciality, AWS SysOps Administrator, or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)).
• Experience with Information Security at the policy, architecture or implementation level.
• Ability to communicate clearly and to interact effectively at all levels of the organization, and to influence as warranted and appropriate to drive to consensus.
• Experience with identifying and communicating key risks related to cloud native implementations and architectures.
• Experience drafting reports or analytic assessments for senior management.
• Experience with analysis of emerging threats and reports that describe the implications of threat(s) and opportunities to executives or senior decision-makers.
• Passion and expertise in cybersecurity and technology risk, with an ability to be confident, respectful, and articulate when registering dissenting or unpopular opinions.
• Ability to manage multiple high-visibility and high-impact projects while maintaining superior results.
• Execution oriented and a self-motivator.
• Experience with threat modeling frameworks (STRIDE, OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK).
• Familiarity with controls and control frameworks (NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST 800-53, CIS Top 20, ISO, COBIT).
• Ability to work independently and in a team, taking a lead role on projects when necessary.
• Prior experience working in financial services or other highly-regulated sectors.
• Experience working in a hybrid IT environment that includes both traditional on-premises data centers and public cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience with OpenStack.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in assessing the practices of designing, developing, testing and implementing cloud native solutions to crucial business problems through thoughtful use of industry best practices and Capital One policy.
• Evaluate proposed and approved cloud technical solutions for automation, resiliency, performance, scalability, and security including appropriate tradeoffs, risks and opportunities.
• Evaluate/assess complex technological and business environment migrations to the cloud and integrated end-to-end solution options.
• Build and maintain relationships with technical leaders, business owners, engineers and other stakeholders to understand and evaluate implementation plans, business priorities and technical solutions to ensure risk are well communicated and understood by the key stakeholders.
• Keep up-to-date on cutting edge technology, standards, protocols and tools in areas relevant to the rapidly changing environment at Capital One, specifically cloud native architecture, serverless, and emerging AWS services.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Communicate and drive highly complex technology solutions to broad audiences including executives, business leaders, product managers, legal experts, security specialists and software engineers.
• Define, structure and plan work independently.
• Perform independent risk assessment of our cloud environment focusing on architecture, engineering, networking, governance.
• Provide expertise and advice regarding the effectiveness of device configurations, IT architecture, or IT engineering solutions.
• Consult with risk owners on the design and implementation or adjustment of mitigating controls associated with emerging technologies.
• Draft and publish independent reports for risk owners, senior management, and other stakeholders regarding risks associated with new or emerging technologies.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Financial benefits including performance-based incentive compensation.
• Inclusive set of benefits that support total well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree