Director, Cyber Security Operations Center

Director, Cyber Security Operations Center

Capital One’s Cyber Organization is a fast-paced, dynamic environment committed to enabling and securing the business. Our Operations & Intelligence division is searching for an experienced Director to be an independent contributor and thought leader in our Cyber Security Operations Center team. In this role, you will be responsible for solving hard problems using cutting edge technology, setting enterprise strategy, and managing risk related to analyzing external threats to our environment.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the subject matter expert guiding projects and technical investigative teams to protect a large enterprise.

• Strategize and implement technology best practices for risk mitigation associated with analysis of security operations center alerts and cases.

• Engage with internal teams and cyber/technology industry partners to ensure threats from external actors are evaluated and mitigated where appropriate.

• Understand the business drivers and associate culture of the enterprise and partner with relevant stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance, data protection, and associate protection are in place.

• Collaborate with engineering and other teams to drive automation for analysis efficiency, containment, and remediation activities.

• Advocate for change, and excel at partnering with various cross functional stakeholders.

• Collaborate with other CSOC leaders to deliver a continuous monitoring and response capability.

• Use data across CSOC operations to drive decisions, with emphasis on resource allocation, threat mitigation, and associate development.

• Serve as the technical advisor for the Senior Director.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Subject matter expertise on Cyber Security Operations Centers including SIEM, SOAR, and Investigative methods.

• Experience with monitoring and protection tailored to specific applications.

• Understanding of the System Development Lifecycle and influencing developers.

• Must be able to work with little oversight, representing the company’s interests and values.

• Outstanding customer service and stakeholder management.

• Experience with security operations center, data analysis, and security event and incident management.

• Must be able to apply independent judgment.

• Strong ability to compartmentalize information and structure findings in an easy to consume format.

• Thought leadership and industry influence.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree.

• At least 7 years of experience in Cyber Security.

• At least 5 years of experience in Application Development.

• At least 5 years of experience with Linux, Unix, and Windows operating systems.

• At least 3 years of experience conducting cyber incident response and remediation.

• At least 2 years of experience managing, monitoring, or configuring public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years experience managing security operations projects.

• 3+ years experience optimizing security operations tooling.

• Professional Security Certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, Security+, CEH, SANS GIAC 503 or 504, AWS Security).

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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.

McLean, VA: $263,900 - $301,200 for Director, Cyber Technical

Plano, TX: $239,900 - $273,800 for Director, Cyber Technical

Richmond, VA: $239,900 - $273,800 for Director, Cyber Technical

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 include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives…