Principal Associate, Cyber Security Logging

ITSMF; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA is seeking a Principal Associate, Cyber Security Logging to advance our logging strategy and risk insights across the enterprise.

You will autonomously assess needs, develop metrics, and collaborate with executives to drive governance, CSF alignment, and maturity improvements. The role demands 3+ years in cybersecurity with logging experience and strong reporting skills for technical and business audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• 3+ years in cybersecurity or IT.
• 2+ years evaluating cybersecurity capabilities.
• 2+ years with Linux/Unix/Windows systems.
• 1+ year in public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Certifications like CISSP/GIAC/CISM/CCSP/CISA/CRISC or AWS certs preferred.
• 2+ years in enterprise data or logging strategy.
• Ability to translate technical findings into reports.

Responsibilities

• Assess needs, identify insights, and drive actions with stakeholders.
• Evaluate cybersecurity capabilities using the NIST CSF framework.
• Collaborate with Executives and LOB partners on roadmaps and maturity.
• Enrich data from multiple streams to derive insights.
• Monitor capabilities and track progress toward maturity state.
• Lead portions of capability or control assessments and document findings.
• Develop risk and maturity reports for exec and tech audiences.
• Coordinate governance, metrics, and reporting across domains.

Skills

Logging strategy

Security governance

Cloud security concepts

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

CISSP / GIAC / CISM / CCSP / CISA / CRISC / AWS Certifications

Tools

Splunk

CrowdStrike

Qualys

AWS Security Hub

Job description

Principal Associate, Cyber Security Logging

Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and risk-conscious delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Cyber Security Professionals who are passionate about evaluating cyber capabilities, threat intelligence, and risk management to join our team. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving cybersecurity governance, capability maturation, and risk transformation across Capital One.

What You’ll Do:

• Work autonomously to assess needs, identify insights, and move actions forward with stakeholders to achieve targeted cybersecurity outcomes
• Support the ongoing evaluation of cybersecurity capabilities, such as by determining effectiveness of capability implementation using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
• Collaborate with stakeholders, Executives and LOB partners to understand their capabilities, maturation road-maps, and facilitate next steps
• Leverage and enrich cybersecurity data from multiple data streams to produce new insights and analysis
• Support the monitoring of cyber capabilities and track progress to maturity state objectives
• Support improvements activities to program capabilities through the interpretation of technical issues and determination of root cause(s) of discovered weaknesses
• Independently lead portions of capability or control assessments, ensuring findings are clearly documented and communicated to stakeholders
• Develop and deliver risk and maturity reports tailored for both executive and technical audiences, highlighting trends and emerging issues
• Coordinate cross-team efforts to align cybersecurity governance, metrics and reporting practices across multiple domains

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 3 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology
• At least 2 years of experience evaluating, contributing to, or supporting development of cybersecurity capabilities
• At least 2 years of experience working with Linux, Unix and Windows operating systems
• At least 1 year of experience with public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience with cybersecurity frameworks and concepts such as NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, CMMC, FedRAMP, etc.
• 3+ years of experience performing analysis of or developing solutions for cyber threats, vulnerabilities, risks, or, events
• 2+ years of experience working in multi-cloud environments
• 2+ years of experience using security tools (Splunk, Crowdstrike, Qualys, or AWS Security Hub)
• 1+ years of experience developing or interpreting cybersecurity metrics or dashboards
• Demonstrated familiarity with industry governance or financial governance processes
• Experience with risk management concepts, including identifying threats, assessing vulnerabilities, and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Ability to perform security incident analysis and assist with resolution, translating technical findings into clear, actionable reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• 2+ years of experience in enterprise data or logging strategy (defining schemas, configuring log production on applications, infrastructure, endpoints, data streaming, log consumption, and overall data architecture)
• CISSP, GIAC, CISM, CCSP, CISA, CRISC, AWS Security, AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, or AWS Solutions Architect Certification

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

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: $161,800 - $184,600 for Principal Associate, Cyber Security

Richmond, VA: $147,100 - $167,900 for Principal Associate, Cyber Security

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. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

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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