Senior Manager, Technology Change Risk Oversight

Senior Manager, Technology Change Risk 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. Just as we prioritize driving innovation through technology, we equally prioritize cybersecurity, reliability, and managing technology risk.

Technology Risk Management (TRM) is a small organization that packs a big punch. The ~100 professionals in TRM are trusted experts who oversee ~14,000 developers at Capital One. We raise the bar for excellence in cybersecurity, reliability, and tech risk. We shape strategy and decisions, challenge activities to ensure they meet our standards, and perform independent tests of our security and technology risk.

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 Senior Manager, Technology Change Risk Oversight you will play a key role in the review, risk identification, risk assessment, reporting, and effective challenge of technology processes, controls, and capabilities, including but not limited to material and high risk technology changes. You will provide subject matter expertise, oversight, and effective challenge of key Technology areas such as cloud services, enterprise architecture, cloud migrations, and overall technology deployments. As part of the second line of defense, this position will also collaborate closely with associates in first line Cyber, Technology, the Lines of Business, as well as other second line of defense risk management offices to perform and support evaluations of the effectiveness of the firm’s controls infrastructure and offer independent advice and recommendations regarding ways to further mature the firm’s cyber risk management capabilities.

Finally, as a member of a growing organization, you will have the opportunity to shape and further refine your portfolio commensurate with the priorities of the organization and the company. 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.

Essential Functions (Responsibilities) :

Provide technical leadership in assessing the practices of designing, developing, testing and implementing cloud native solutions to crucial business problems through thoughtful use of industry best practices and Capital One policy.

Evaluate proposed and approved cloud technical solutions for automation, resiliency, performance, scalability, and security including appropriate tradeoffs, risks and opportunities

Evaluate / assess complex technological and business environment migrations to the cloud and integrated end-to-end solution options

Build and maintain relationships with technical leaders, business owners, engineers and other stakeholders to understand and evaluate implementation plans, business priorities and technical solutions to ensure risk are well communicated and understood by the key stakeholders

Keep up-to-date on cutting edge technology, standards, protocols and tools in areas relevant to the rapidly changing environment at Capital One, specifically cloud native architecture, serverless, and emerging AWS services

Demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

Communicate and drive highly complex technology solutions to broad audiences including executives, business leaders, product managers, legal experts, security specialists and software engineers

Define, structure and plan work independently

Perform independent risk assessment of our cloud environment focusing on architecture, engineering, networking, governance.

Provide expertise and advice regarding the effectiveness of device configurations, IT architecture, or IT engineering solutions

Consult with risk owners on the design and implementation or adjustment of mitigating controls associated with emerging technologies

Draft and publish independent reports for risk owners, senior management, and other stakeholders regarding risks associated with new or emerging technologies

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

At least 6 years of experience managing, consulting, auditing, or working in the fields of information security or information technology

At least 3 years experience with Public Cloud implementations

Preferred Qualifications :

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

Professional certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Security Speciality, AWS SysOps Administrator, or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP))

Experience with Information Security at the policy, architecture or implementation level

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 cloud native implementations and architectures

Experience drafting reports or analytic assessments for senior management

Experience with analysis of emerging threats and reports that describe the implications of threat(s) and opportunities to executives or senior decision-makers

Passion and expertise in cybersecurity and technology risk, with an ability to be confident, respectful, and articulate when registering dissenting or unpopular opinions

Ability to manage multiple high-visibility and high-impact projects while maintaining superior results

Execution oriented and a self-motivator

Experience with threat modeling frameworks (STRIDE, OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK)

Familiarity with controls and control frameworks ( NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST 800-53, CIS Top 20, ISO, COBIT.)

Ability to work independently and in a team, taking a lead role on projects when necessary

Prior experience working in financial services or other highly-regulated sectors

Experience working in a hybrid IT environment that includes both traditional on-premises data centers and public cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

Experience with OpenStack

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

This role is Hybrid, with associates expected to consistently spend three days per week in the office.

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 : $225,400 - $257,200 for Sr Manager, Cyber Technical

Richmond, VA : $204,900 - $233,800 for Sr Manager, Cyber Technical

New York, NY : $245,900 - $280,600 for Sr Manager, Cyber Technical

Riverwoods, IL : $204,900 - $233,800 for Sr Manager, 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 . 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 (EOE, including disability / vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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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