Principal Associate, CSOC Analyst (Incident Response)

Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Principal Associate, CSOC Analyst (Incident Response)

Capital One is looking for talented Cyber Security Analysts with traditional network security and cloud infrastructure monitoring experience to join our Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) in McLean, VA. The Principal Associate level CSOC Analyst position will require a deep knowledge of network protocols and infrastructure, log investigation techniques, knowledge/understanding of cloud infrastructures, and incident handling experience. Not only will you need to know about the threats to networks, applications, cloud infrastructure, and theory regarding network protocols, but also the ability to proactively identify signs of misuse and abuse using various log sources. 

It is your responsibility to find the threat actors attempting to attack the Capital One infrastructure, and identify and stop any malicious actors who make it past our defenses. In addition to the technical skills, you will need to be a leader, someone who enjoys training and mentoring teammates, and a person who can encourage and elevate the team. 

What You’ll Do: 

• Support day-to-day cybersecurity threat detection and incident response operations through indicator pivoting, campaign analysis, and tactical intelligence

• Identify and enhance processes where automation has the potential to improve efficiencies, provide actionable data, and facilitate collaboration across CSOC

• Leverage Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to identify threat patterns, enrich investigations, and build automation-supported workflows

• Deconstruct multi-source reporting into actionable intelligence including Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures TTPs data objects, campaign analysis, and threat patterns.

• Regularly analyze malware reports to track adversary behaviors and support the construction of a TTP repository

• Develop expertise on the Capital One threat landscape using internal data, threat trends, and operational metrics to clearly communicate the Capital One threat landscape to senior executives, to include the Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer. 

• Proactively build and maintain relationships with partner teams, including but not limited to Cyber Intelligence, Red Team, Insider Threat, and Hunt teams.

• Conduct time-sensitive analysis during cyber investigations, including active threat hunting, malware analysis, and campaign enrichment

• Routinely identify gaps in detection and collaborate with teams across the Cyber organization to mitigate risk, including blocking of malicious indicators, tuning vendor signatures, and instrumenting custom detection rules

• Support the tactical intelligence-to-detection pipeline, to include malware reverse engineering, TTP analysis, and association mapping in a TIP (threat intelligence platform) for future pivoting

• Attend conferences and briefings to stay current on threats against both COF and the Financial Services sector

• Mentor other CSOC analysts in project execution and tactical upskilling; conduct brown bag lunches to teach specialized skill sets

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification

• At least 4 years of experience conducting Cyber Security investigation and documentation 

• At least 4 years of experience working with a SIEM

• At least 4 years of experience with system, cloud, application and network logs 

• At least 4 years of experience analyzing and identifying network traffic

• At least 4 years of experience with PCAP analysis

• At least 4 years of experience analyzing endpoints (server and workstation) 

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Cyber Security or Computer Science

• 5+ years of experience conducting Cyber Security investigations into network and application activity

• 5+ years of experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC)

• 5+ years of experience working with SIEMs and evaluating SIEM alerts

• 5+ years of experience administering or investigating  Mac OS, Linux