Senior Security Engineer - Cloud & SWG Automation (Remote)

Capital One; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 179,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Security Engineer 4 (SWG, Remote Access) to build automated controls and secure enterprise platforms. You will design scalable IAM, endpoint, network, and data protection systems, and advance automation for vulnerability management and compliance across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role requires 5+ years in cybersecurity/IT, 4+ years in SWG/remote access, and hands‑on experience with IaC tools and CI/CD security integration.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of cybersecurity/IT experience.
• At least 4 years with SWG, proxy tech and remote access.
• At least 2 years designing automated security solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of platforms and automated controls across cloud and on‑prem.
• Architect and implement IAM, endpoint, network, and data protection solutions.
• Develop automation for vulnerability management, detection, and monitoring.
• Serve as technical advisor during incident response and forensics investigations.
• Partner with software, cloud, and infrastructure teams to embed security by design.
• Evaluate new security technologies for interoperability and scalability.
• Codify engineering standards and reusable security modules.
• Support security tools investigations and break/fix activities.

Skills

SWG expertise

Remote access

Cloud security

DevSecOps

IAM

Automation

Vulnerability mgmt

Incident response

Forensics

CI/CD security

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

CloudFormation

Programming: Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jenkins

CI/CD tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Security Engineer 4 (SWG, Remote Access) to build automated controls and secure enterprise platforms. You will design scalable IAM, endpoint, network, and data protection systems, and advance automation for vulnerability management and compliance across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role requires 5+ years in cybersecurity/IT, 4+ years in SWG/remote access, and hands‑on experience with IaC tools and CI/CD security integration.