Senior Manager, SRE Risk Advisory and Oversight

Senior Manager, SRE Risk Advisory and Oversight

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. We prioritize cybersecurity, reliability, software quality, and data management to support our entire ecosystem.

Technology & Data Risk Management (TDRM) is a small organization of approximately 200 professionals who oversee the work of more than 14,000 developers. TDRM raises the bar for excellence in cybersecurity, reliability, tech risk, and data management risk. We shape strategy, challenge activities to meet our standards, and perform independent tests of security and technology risk.

As a senior manager, you will provide technical leadership, subject‑matter expertise, and effective challenge over the enterprise’s software engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. You will leverage your deep engineering background and modern technical skills—including Gen AI tooling and automation—to keep customer experiences seamless and highly reliable.

• Provide Risk Advisory & Technical Leadership:
  Deliver independent, advisory-based technical leadership when assessing the design, development, and scalability of cloud‑native systems against SRE best practices and enterprise risk appetites.

• Provide Effective Challenge:
  Evaluate proposed and current cloud engineering practices, ensuring robust strategies for automation, resiliency, performance, and monitoring.

• SRE Subject Matter Expertise:
  Act as a trusted advisor on core SRE pillars, advising teams on the maturity of SLI/SLOs, error budgeting, toil reduction, and release engineering (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Drive Modern Tech & AI Integration:
  Keep up‑to‑date with cutting‑edge technology, standards, and tools—specifically cloud‑native architectures, containerization, and emerging AI/ML technologies—to optimize reliability and automation.

• Perform Independent Assessments:
  Conduct independent risk reviews of cloud infrastructure, software delivery life cycles, and observability architectures to identify systemic resilience risks.

• Executive Communication & Reporting:
  Draft and publish independent, data‑driven risk materials for senior management and executives, translating complex engineering risks into clear business implications.

• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Build strong, collaborative relationships with first‑line engineering leaders, product managers, and architects to communicate technology risks and drive consensus on risk‑mitigation strategies.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent military experience.

• At least 6 years of experience managing, consulting, auditing, or working in software engineering, site reliability engineering, or information technology.

• At least 3 years of experience with cloud implementations (AWS, GCP, Azure).

• At least 2 years of experience with open‑source programming languages.

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline.

• Professional certification (e.g., AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Sys Ops Administrator).

• Demonstrated understanding of cloud‑native and container stacks.

• Experience with enterprise monitoring, observability, and alerting toolsets (Splunk, Prometheus, Datadog, ELK, Pager Duty).

• Proven experience drafting analytical assessments or technical white papers for senior executives and decision‑makers.

• Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced environment, taking a lead advisory role on high‑visibility resilience initiatives.

• Prior experience in financial services or another highly regulated sector.

McLean, VA: $229,900 - $262,400
New York, NY: $250,800 - $286,200
Richmond, VA: $209,000 - $238,500

This role is eligible for performance‑based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long‑term incentives. Capital One offers a comprehensive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support overall well‑being. Eligibility varies by full‑time or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.

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Capital One is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE, including disability and veteran). We are committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.