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Capital One Director, Cloud Architecture Risk Specialist in McLean, Virginia
Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia
Director, Cloud Architecture Risk Specialist
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. Just as we prioritize driving innovation through technology, we equally prioritize cybersecurity and managing technology risk.
Technology Risk Management (TRM) is a small organization that packs a big punch. TRM is a second line organization, which means it is independent and reports through the Chief Risk Officer. The 100 professionals in TRM are trusted experts who set the bar for excellence in cybersecurity and tech risk. We shape decisions, challenge activities to ensure they meet our standards, and oversee technology and information security risk across the company.
Our business leaders must make technology decisions constantly. TRM makes sure they have the tech risk information they need to make good decisions. Associates within TRM are highly-skilled information security, cybersecurity, site reliability engineering, technology, and risk management professionals. They have a wealth of experience and a demonstrated ability to add value with their advice and to deliver high-impact results.
As the Director,Cloud Risk Oversight, you will have a strong understanding of all areas of the Public Cloud (Amazon Web Services and/or Google Cloud Platform). This role will serve as our subject matter expert for cloud platform risk analysis, design review, and advising on the roadmap and implementation plan with security, technology, and architecture best practice viewpoints. This position will also collaborate closely with associates in first line Cyber, Technology, as well as other risk management offices to perform and support risk and security assessments of the cloud environment.
Finally, as a member of a growing organization, you will have the opportunity to shape and further refine your portfolio. The demands and high-visibility nature of this position requires an expert with a proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and who can begin contributing immediately.
Responsibilities:
Provide technical leadership in assessing the architecture, security requirements / controls, roadmaps, and reusable patterns for cloud infrastructure design and deployments
Evaluate proposed and approved cloud technical solutions for automation, resiliency, performance, scalability, and security including appropriate tradeoffs, risks and opportunities
Mentor senior and junior risk associates to bring them up to speed on cloud architecture and risks, including modern programming languages, micro services, and container-based deployments
Build and maintain relationships with technical leaders, engineers, architects, and other stakeholders to understand and evaluate implementation plans, business priorities and technical solutions to ensure risks are well communicated and understood by the key stakeholders
Bring a passion to stay on top of cloud trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor other members of the risk management and engineering community
Demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
Define, structure and plan work independently
Translate complex ideas, technology, and programs into language executives can relate to and perform as a key influencer on technical decisions that affect the cloud environment
Draft and communicate independent reports for broad audiences including executives, business leaders, product managers, legal experts, security specialists and software engineers
Coordinate program-related activities and deliverables to ensure effective collaboration within the team and across stakeholder groups.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
At least 5 years of public cloud experience with either public cloud architecture or operations or security or deployments
Preferred Qualifications:
At least 2 years direct experience with Google Cloud Platform architecture, operations, security, or deployments
At least 5 years direct experience with Amazon Web Services architecture, operations, security, or deployments
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or in an Engineering discipline
At least 7 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform specific architecture, operations, security, or deployments such as Cloud Services Platform, Google Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine, Google Cloud Load Balancing, Storage, Security, Monitoring, etc.
Experience leading large-scale migrations to the Public Cloud (i.e. Google Cloud Load Balancing, DNS, Interconnect, CDN, Compute, Networking, Storage, Security, Monitoring, etc.)
Amazon architect associate or equivalent certification
Google Certified Professional - Cloud Architect or equivalent certification
Experience drafting and communicating reports or analytic assessments for executives
Ability to communicate clearly and to interact effectively at all levels of the organization, and to influence as warranted and appropriate to drive to consensus
Experience with identifying and communicating key risks related to GCP implementations and architectures
Experience with risk analysis and reports that describe the risk implications to executives
Ability to manage multiple high-visibility and high-impact projects while maintaining superior results
Familiarity with controls and control frameworks (NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST 800-53, CIS Top 20, ISO, COBIT)
Prior experience working in financial services or other highly-regulated sectors
Experience with security best practices for generative AI development and deployments
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.
New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $274,800 - $313,600 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 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 (https://www.capitalonecareers.com/benefits) . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. 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.
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