Security Engineering Manager — Cloud & Automation

Capital One; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Security Engineer 4 (Manager) to lead design and delivery of technology platforms and automated controls across cloud and on‑prem environments. You’ll mentor teams and architect scalable security solutions embedded by design.

You will work with IAM, endpoint, network and data protection, and develop automation for vulnerability management, detection and compliance. Hybrid role with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology.
• 3+ years of experience in a cloud-based environment.
• 2+ years of experience designing and implementing automated security solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of platforms and automated controls across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Architect and implement scalable IAM, endpoint, network, and data protection systems.
• Develop automation for vulnerability management, detection, and compliance monitoring.
• Serve as technical advisor during complex incident response and forensics investigations.
• Partner with software, cloud and infrastructure teams to embed security by design into enterprise platforms.
• Evaluate and integrate new security technologies for interoperability and scale.
• Influence and codify engineering standards, patterns, and reusable security modules.
• Participate in ongoing support of security tools, investigations, analysis and break fixes.

Skills

Cloud security

Automation

Incident response

Security by design

IAM

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High School Diploma

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Security Engineer 4 (Manager) to lead design and delivery of technology platforms and automated controls across cloud and on‑prem environments. You’ll mentor teams and architect scalable security solutions embedded by design.

You will work with IAM, endpoint, network and data protection, and develop automation for vulnerability management, detection and compliance. Hybrid role with competitive benefits.