Director, Security Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VAPlano, TXRichmond, VA
Salary
$269,100–$307,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking

Capital One Financial currently has 1917 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 1045 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Security Engineer

The Director, Security Engineer leads a team of architecture staff software engineering to drive major technical transformations and secure enterprise platforms. This leadership role involves establishing the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for security automation, detection, and infrastructure resilience. The successful candidate will build and scale enterprise security platforms, oversee programs for IAM, data protection, and cloud posture management, and translate strategic objectives into actionable engineering priorities. Key technical requirements include experience with cloud security architecture, DevSecOps solutions, infrastructure as code, and serverless computing. The role requires proficiency with security tools for endpoint, vulnerability management, and network security, as well as programming languages like Java, Python, and JavaScript. This position solves complex business problems by embedding secure design principles across the entire technology lifecycle.

What you'll do

  • Lead multiple teams of security engineers to build and scale enterprise security platforms and tooling.
  • Establish the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for security automation and infrastructure resilience.
  • Partner with product and engineering executives to embed secure design principles across technology lifecycles.
  • Oversee programs that strengthen IAM, data protection, and cloud posture management capabilities.
  • Translate strategic security objectives into actionable engineering priorities and measurable outcomes.
  • Develop future security leaders through mentorship and structured growth plans.
  • Serve as the technical authority for emerging threats by translating risk intelligence into architectural blueprints.

What we're looking for

  • High School Diploma, GED, or Equivalent Certification.
  • At least 9 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology.
  • At least 5 years of experience designing or implementing enterprise-scale security architecture in cloud environments.
  • At least 5 years of people management experience.
  • Bachelor’s Degree (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience building specialization and expertise in a focused discipline of cybersecurity (preferred).
  • 7+ years of experience with CI/CD security integration, infrastructure as code, or serverless computing (preferred).
  • 8+ years of experience with security tools such as IAM, endpoint, vulnerability management, or network security technologies (preferred).
  • 10+ years of experience in cloud or infrastructure security engineering (preferred).
  • 10+ years of experience leading security engineering or platform teams in large-scale environments (preferred).
  • Experience in application security and software development in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript.
  • CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, CIDPRO, or GIAC Cloud Security certifications (preferred).

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