Senior Cyber Risk & AI Analytics Engineer

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Principal Associate in Cyber Risk & Analysis to design and operate AI-driven threat profiling across the enterprise. You will bridge threat intelligence, security engineering, and automation to deliver scalable capabilities used by security teams before assessments.

The role emphasizes building production-grade tooling, multi-agent AI workflows, and deep threat intelligence expertise, with opportunities to influence architecture, security controls, and incident response.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and threat intelligence.
• Experience designing AI/ML pipelines and multi-agent systems in security contexts.
• Experience building production-grade tooling for security teams.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, PCI DSS, SOX ITGC, FFIEC.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain multi-agent AI profiling platform, including agent logic and QA thresholds.
• Maintain persistent records of threat profiles with data integrity and audit compliance.
• Develop portal and API capabilities for asset search and deltas to empower teams.
• Ensure operational health by monitoring coverage and remediation before SLAs breach.

Skills

Engineering Depth

AI/ML Fluency

Threat Intelligence Expertise

Security Breadth

Education

Bachelor's degree

Certifications: CISSP, CRISC, CIPP, CISM, CISA, AWS certifications

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Cloud-native environments (AWS/GCP/Azure)

IaC

APIs

CI/CD

Threat intelligence platforms

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Principal Associate in Cyber Risk & Analysis to design and operate AI-driven threat profiling across the enterprise. You will bridge threat intelligence, security engineering, and automation to deliver scalable capabilities used by security teams before assessments.

The role emphasizes building production-grade tooling, multi-agent AI workflows, and deep threat intelligence expertise, with opportunities to influence architecture, security controls, and incident response.