Capital One
Director, Security Engineer
$245K–$307K
McLean, VA +2 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
Plano, TX
Richmond, VA - Experience
- At least 9 years in cybersecurity or information technology; at least 5 years designing or implementing enterprise-scale cloud security architecture; at least 5 years of people management. Preferred experience ranges from 5+ to 10+ years in specified areas.
- Education
- High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or offer immigration-related support for this position.
About the job
Leads security engineering teams and enterprise programs to build secure platforms, architecture, automation, and resilience across the organization.
What you'll do
- Lead teams building and scaling enterprise security platforms and tooling; set strategy and roadmaps for security automation, detection, and infrastructure resilience.
- Partner with executives and engineering teams to embed secure design and strengthen IAM, data protection, and cloud posture management.
- Translate security risks into engineering priorities and architectural mitigations, while mentoring future security leaders.
What they ask for
- High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification.
- At least 9 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology.
- At least 5 years of experience designing or implementing enterprise-scale security architecture in cloud environments.
- At least 5 years of people management experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with CI/CD security integration, infrastructure as code, serverless computing, security tools, or cloud and infrastructure security engineering.
- One or more professional certifications: CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, CIDPRO or GIAC Cloud Security.
Pay
$269,100 - $307,200 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Plano, TX); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Richmond, VA)
Tools
CI/CD, infrastructure as code, serverless computing, IAM, Java, Python, JavaScript, AWS Security Specialty
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