Director of Security Engineering & Platform Automation

ITSMF; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Security Engineer to lead multiple security engineer teams and drive security automation and cloud posture across enterprise platforms. You will translate strategic security objectives into engineering priorities, mentor future leaders, and partner with product and engineering executives to embed secure design throughout the lifecycle.

This role requires deep security architecture experience in cloud environments, strong leadership, and a track record of

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years in cybersecurity or IT.
• Minimum 5 years designing enterprise security architecture in cloud.
• Minimum 5 years people management experience.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred; professional certifications encouraged.
• 5+ years with CI/CD security, IaC or serverless computing.
• Experience with IAM, endpoint, vulnerability management or network security tools.
• Leadership in large-scale security engineering environments.
• Ability to influence technology roadmaps and communicate with executives.
• Experience in application security and software development (Java, Python, JavaScript).

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple security engineering teams building and scaling enterprise platforms.
• Set long-term vision and roadmap for security automation and cloud posture.
• Partner with product/engineering execs to embed secure design principles.
• Oversee IAM, data protection and cloud posture management programs.
• Translate security objectives into actionable engineering priorities.
• Foster a culture of security innovation and operational excellence.
• Mentor future security leaders with structured growth plans.
• Serve as technical authority on threats and risk mitigation.
• Engage with the broader security community to stay current.

Skills

Security leadership

Cloud security

DevSecOps

IAM

Strategy planning

Mentorship

Threat intelligence

Architectural design

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

CISSP

AWS Security Specialty

GIAC Cloud Security

CIDPRO

Tools

CI/CD security

Infrastructure as code

Serverless computing

Cloud security tooling

IAM tooling

Vulnerability management

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Security Engineer to lead multiple security engineer teams and drive security automation and cloud posture across enterprise platforms. You will translate strategic security objectives into engineering priorities, mentor future leaders, and partner with product and engineering executives to embed secure design throughout the lifecycle.

This role requires deep security architecture experience in cloud environments, strong leadership, and a track record of