Capital One
Senior Manager, Cyber Security (Penetration Testing, People Leader)
$209K–$286K
McLean, VA +2 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
New York, NY
Richmond, VA - Experience
- At least 7 years in cybersecurity or information technology; at least 6 years evaluating, contributing to, or supporting cybersecurity capability development; at least 3 years in People Leadership; at least 4 years in Penetration Testing; at least 2 years in public cloud; at least 1 year scripting.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Visa sponsorship
- Will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or offer immigration-related support for this position.
About the job
Leads a people-oriented penetration testing team that conducts ethical hacking exercises, identifies enterprise security weaknesses, and drives remediation across systems and software pipelines.
What you'll do
- Lead penetration testing of enterprise networks, services, applications, and infrastructure; develop testing strategy.
- Analyze and communicate findings with actionable remediation guidance, collaborating with stakeholders and developers.
- Mentor team members and keep testing strategies current with emerging threats and attack techniques.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree
- At least 7 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology; at least 6 years evaluating, contributing to, or supporting development of cybersecurity capabilities
- At least 3 years of experience in People Leadership and at least 4 years in Penetration Testing
- At least 2 years with public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and at least 1 year scripting with Python, Golang, or C#
Nice to have
- 8+ years of security testing experience or threat modeling experience
- Offensive Security tool development, code review and secure coding standards, or a listed certification (OSCP, OSWA, OSWE, OSCE3, GPEN, GXPN, or CRTO)
Pay
$229,900 - $262,400 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $250,800 - $286,200 USD base salary (New York, NY); $209,000 - $238,500 USD base salary (Richmond, VA)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Python, Golang, C#, CVSS, MITRE ATT&CK
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