Manager, Cyber Threat Researcher, Cyber Intelligence; Remote Eligible

Manager, Cyber Threat Researcher, Cyber Intelligence (Remote Eligible)

The mission of Capital One’s Cyber Intelligence service is to leverage cyber threat intelligence for good. The team’s mission is to counter, disrupt and mitigate cyber adversaries targeting Capital One customers, associates, infrastructure and brand. We are looking for a Cyber Threat Researcher who is able to apply systems thinking and engineering techniques to accurately emulate, detect, and predict cyber threats and adversary intentions.

You have a growth mindset when it comes to maintaining expertise and knowledge in threat adversary trends and technologies. We are looking for someone who takes a forward‑leaning, innovative approach to problem solving, with passion for solving problems at Capital One scale and the desire to collaborate across functional teams. The ideal candidate should be comfortable showing off a constant technical curiosity, getting into the weeds on emerging technologies and how they can be used by actors and fraudsters with ill intent.

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.

• Create mechanisms to "connect the dots" between different spaces in order to combine signals in data that automatically highlight cyber threats across fraud and advanced enterprise threat activities
• Maintain industry‑wide expertise of the current cyber threat landscape and attack vectors
• Synthesize disparate sets of data from sources such as malware, cyber attack patterns, closed and open‑source intelligence to inform instrumentation, detections, and threat narratives such as storyboards
• Build productive relationships with internal teams to contextualize, influence and inform Capital One’s business units on emerging threats
• Communicate investigative outcomes with technical architecture context and conclusions to a variety of audiences, including company senior leadership and business partners

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification
• At least 4 years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology
• At least 4 years of experience performing incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, forensics, or offensive security
• At least 3 years of experience in conducting investigations into cyber‑enabled fraud, cybercrime, or advanced persistent threats
• At least 2 years of experience in programming or scripting (Python, Perl, PHP, Power Shell)

• Bachelor's Degree
• 6+ years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology
• 6+ years of experience performing incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, forensics, or offensive security
• 3+ years of experience with public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• 3+ years of experience in a highly regulated industry (financial sector, financial technology, healthcare, or intelligence community)
• 1+ year of experience working with Generative and Agentic AI tools

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).

Remote (Regardless of Location): $179,400 - $204,700 for Manager, Cyber Technical

Chicago, IL: $179,400 - $204,700 for Manager, Cyber Technical

McLean, VA: $197,300 - $225,100 for Manager, Cyber Technical

New York, NY: $215,200 - $245,600 for Manager, Cyber Technical

Plano, TX: $179,400 - $204,700 for Manager, Cyber Technical

Richmond, VA: $179,400 - $204,700 for Manager, Cyber Technical

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long‑term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non‑discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.

Capital One is an equal‑opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law;
San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901‑4920;
New York City’s Fair Chance Act;
Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.