Senior Security Engineer: Cloud & SWG Automation (Remote)

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Security Engineer 4 to lead design and delivery of security platforms and automated controls across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will architect IAM, endpoint, network, and data protection systems and develop automation for vulnerability management and compliance monitoring.

The role emphasizes collaboration with software, cloud, and infrastructure teams to embed security by design, while evaluating new technologies for scalability and interoperability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in cybersecurity or IT.
• At least 4 years with SWG, proxy tech, and remote access.
• At least 2 years designing automated security solutions.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Cybersecurity

Cloud security

DevSecOps

Automation

Incident response

Forensics

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

CISSP

AWS Security Specialty

GIAC Cloud Security

CIDPRO

Tools

SWG

Proxy technologies

Remote access

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD security

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Security Engineer 4 to lead design and delivery of security platforms and automated controls across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will architect IAM, endpoint, network, and data protection systems and develop automation for vulnerability management and compliance monitoring.

The role emphasizes collaboration with software, cloud, and infrastructure teams to embed security by design, while evaluating new technologies for scalability and interoperability.