Sr Director, Cybersecurity Architecture

Sr Director, Cybersecurity Architecture

To be a great technology-driven company, Capital One is committed to creating outstanding products and experiences for our customers. That means using the latest technology to implement solutions that power our businesses securely for our existing markets and new areas.  We nurture a work environment where people with a variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds, guided by our shared values, come together to make Capital One a great company and a great place to work.
  

The Sr Director, Cyber Architecture is responsible for leading a team of senior architects and distinguished engineers responsible for delivering secure technology solutions for the Cybersecurity organization and the enterprise. The person in this role works with stakeholders across the enterprise to enable the secure operation of our technology infrastructure and is fluent in technology for cloud and product security.

What You Will do:
 

• Understand current as well as emerging security threats. Identify appropriate technology capabilities, skills and measures needed to mitigate threats.

• Identify complex technology problems with sufficient clarity to define objectives and key results needed to address.  Proactively identify areas of risk, and drive transformative actions.  Work across teams and organizational boundaries.

• Develop and lead opportunities to produce well-managed solutions that solve complex cybersecurity challenges. 

• Work as a subject matter expert who can dive deep as necessary.  Effectively apply technical architecture/product knowledge to develop new patterns and solution architectures.

• Lead and develop a team of senior technical professionals, in a dynamic environment to deliver effective cybersecurity technology outcomes.

• Perform technical review and oversight of domain and system architectures. Lead the team through completion of architecture documentation and processes.

• Assist delivery team leaders in scoping and planning the execution for large, complex programs responsible for the delivery of new technology capabilities.

• Communicate technical ideas and concepts clearly, verbally and written, to technical and non-technical audiences, especially articulating technical vision to executive levels.

• Provide well grounded and actionable recommendations to senior leadership.

• Influence the development and adoption of enterprise technology standards and architecture.

• Question assumptions, challenge beliefs, illuminate pitfalls, and foster a shared understanding across the engineering community.

• Promote engineering excellence and drive the adoption of best practices. 

• Participate in the interview process and efforts to hire top talent.

• Mentor and develop technical talent and contribute to an environment of high performance and customer satisfaction.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• At least 7 years of people management experience

• At least 9 years of architecture experience

• At least 3 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in AWS cloud security services

• 4+ years of security consulting experience

• 5+ years of cyber technical experience

• 3+ years of experience with financial service compliance regulations 

• 5+ years of experience with diagramming domain level and system architectures

• Master’s degree

• CISSP or SANS certifications

• Cloud computing certification

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing enterprise grade security solutions based on open source projects

• 3+ years of experience designing fully automated security solutions within a fully DevOps enterprise

• 3+ years of experience defining strategy for security organizations in cross functional and matrixed enterprises

At this time, Capital One will 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 cand