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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Capital One
New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Apr 2025
💰 $197,400/yr($173,000/yr$197,400/yr)

About the role

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Do you have experience with building modern authentication solutions that include Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and AWS directory services with security principles in mind? Do you have a desire to learn and work on exciting leading edge technologies, design solutions for complex on-premises and cloud-based directory solutions, and push both technology and security into the future? If so, then keep reading as this role might be for you.
 

Capital One is seeking an experienced engineer within the Cyber Identity and Access Management organization to be a member of a team responsible for managing and securing Capital One’s enterprise Directory Services that includes Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, AWS managed Microsoft Active Directory, and Google Cloud Domain Directory.

Candidates for this role should have experience in engineering, deploying and supporting comprehensive and secure authentication solutions. In addition, this includes performing risk assessments, addressing key attack vectors and driving automated solutions to complex problems.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop automated solutions using scripts, pipelines, and cloud based server-less computing platforms

  • Analyze, design, and support a highly complex, enterprise level Active Directory and Single Sign On services in a hybrid on-premise and cloud hosted environment.

  • Protect and secure Capital One’s enterprise Active Directory environments, including on-premise and cloud environments from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google

  • Manage enterprise cloud infrastructures in AWS, Azure, and Google cloud platforms

  • Manage and automate vulnerability remediation and perform security testing to proactively identify and remediate security risks within the Active Directory environment

  • Participate in the analysis, troubleshooting, investigation and remediation of operations or security related incidents

  • Develop and generate periodic security audits to ensure the various platform environments adhere to Capital One’s and industry standard security, risk and compliance requirements

  • Participate in disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance monitoring and maintenance to ensure high availability.

  • Support tools from Microsoft, Quest, and OneID to better protect the environment and monitor for security breaches, intrusions and irregular system and user behavior

  • Partner with Cyber Security teams to support forensic investigations and ensure integration with enterprise SIEM systems such as Splunk

  • Be familiar with technologies such as, SSO, FIDO/FIDO2, Passwordless, AuthZ, AuthN and products like, Ping, Okta, and Windows Hello

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

  • At least 3 years of experience in software engineering (Internship experience does not apply)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience in at least one of the following: JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, or Go

  • 1+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service

  • 3+ years of experience in open source frameworks

  • 2+ years of experience in Agile practices
     

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization).

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 candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

New York, NY: $173,000 - $197,400 for Senior Software Engineer


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may in

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