Principal Associate, Cyber Security Logging

Principal Associate, Cyber Security Logging

Capital One is looking for a Principal Associate to join our Cyber Security Logging team. This team is responsible for enabling comprehensive cyber monitoring. We ensure standard log events are generated across Capital One so our threat defenders have the right visibility for investigations and alerts. We achieve our mission by setting security logging strategy & requirements and influencing enterprise technology teams to deliver.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and communicate the enterprise security logging strategy in partnership with engineering and architecture teams, Cyber Operations teams (ex. Cyber Security Operations Center, Hunt, Insider Threat) , and other stakeholders.

• Establish technical best practices for security logging (event generation, delivery, storage) and minimum requirements across our infrastructure (cloud, network, databases), host & endpoints (workstations, servers) and applications.

• Conduct gap analyses of security logs, help Cyber Operations teams prioritize, and influence engineering teams to close logging gaps.

• Maintain close ties with Cyber Operations teams, ensuring the right events are captured and logged

• Drive enterprise teams to adhere to logging requirements in terms of standard schemas, design, log transportation deployments, and log validation.

• Review and assess security logging as delivered versus requirements and standards. Track compliance and elevate non-compliance of logging standards to executive leadership.

• Participate in execution and oversight of critical team processes, ensuring playbooks are adhered to consistently.

• Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and automation to enhance logging efficiency and monitoring capabilities.

• Note: this is a technical role, not a hands-on engineering function

About You:

• You have experience with logging requirements or implementation across infrastructure (cloud, network, databases), host & endpoints (workstations, servers) or applications.

• You possess deep technical expertise in multiple AWS cloud environments (AWS, GCP, and Azure) and comprehensive knowledge of cyber logging architectures.

• You have strong assessment and analytical skills in the security logging domain

• You are a highly independent problem solver, able to autonomously push projects forward and drive solutions, escalating only when necessary.

• You are independently able to carve out your own role, aligning with team goals, and grow into it

• You have strong judgment skills understanding security policies and Cyber Operations teams requirements.

• You understand security logging & monitoring needs for a Cyber Operations team at a tactical level and have experience in hands on technical design and implementation of logging.

• You have experience implementing high-visibility and high-impact enterprise cybersecurity projects with cross-functional teams including planning, development and management of technical requirements, design, validation, and non-compliance escalation.

• You have the ability to foster collaborative, open, working relationships with technology groups and other stakeholders, sharing customer and engineering benefits for security logging to gain buy-in.

• You have experience delivering security logging projects and programs across a technology environment, setting logging strategy with architects, developers, and data experts.

• You have passion and expertise in one or more of the following areas: security operations, security log analysis, cloud security, network security, application security, and host & endpoint security.

• You thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift frequently, requiring adaptability and strong prioritization skills.

• Experience with or strong interest in leveraging AI and automation to optimize security logging workflows and processes.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification

• At least 3 years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology

• At least 2 years of experience in cybersecurity operations

• At least 2 years of experience working with Linux, Unix and Windows operating systems

• At least 1 year of experience with public cloud…