Principal Associate, Information Security Office

Principal Associate, Information Security Office

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 and 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.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and execute Information Security assessments (for example: Threat Modeling, Architecture Reviews, etc.)  for the business and technology teams covering Infrastructure Security, Resiliency, Data Security, Network Architecture and Design, and User Access Management

• Serve as an expert in Capital One’s Information Security capabilities, 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

• Normalize and translate cyber risks at the organizational level to support a fully integrated, prioritized, enterprise-wide view of organizational risks to drive strategic and business decisions

• Help to enhance cyber risk management processes across Capital One by providing thought leadership, oversight, and coordination with other risk management functions across the company

• Assist and drive project and program delivery, including project and process management, reporting, engagement in senior leadership meetings, drafting and reviewing materials for senior management and the Board of directors, and other governance activities

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

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:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification

• At least 3 years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology 

• At least 1 year of experience providing guidance and oversight of Security concepts

• At least 1 year of experience performing security risk assessments and security architecture reviews

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

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

• 2+ years of experience in securing a public cloud environment and building software utilizing public cloud 

• 2+ years of experience with Cloud patch management practices such as system rehydration or image management

• 1+ years of experience utilizing Agile methodologies

• 1+ years of experience with integrating SaaS products into an Enterprise Environment 

• 1+ years of experience with securing Container services

• 1+ years of experience with Splunk-Fu and Enterprise Monitoring 

• 1+ years of experience with Offensive or Defensive Security techniques

• 1+ years of experience in a Financial services industry 

• AWS C