Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and risk-conscious delivery environment? We are seeking Cyber Security Professionals who are passionate about evaluating cyber capabilities, threat intelligence, and risk management to join our team. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving cybersecurity governance, capability maturation, and risk transformation across Capital One.

What You’ll Do:

• Strategy & Roadmap: Own the multi-year product roadmap for Application Security ensuring alignment with enterprise risk appetites and the evolving threat landscape.
• Engineering Partnership: Act as the primary liaison to Security Engineering Enablement and Architecture to translate security requirements into scalable, fix-first developer workflows.
• Vendor & Capability Evaluation: Lead the strategic evaluation of Appsec security tools (e.g., SAST/DAST/SCA), ensuring we maximize ROI and maintain a best-in-class toolset.
• AI Transformation: Define the product strategy for AI-application security, including the secure integration of AI agents into the SDLC, prompt engineering guardrails, and automated remediation pipelines.
• Stakeholder Management: Evangelize the AppSec mission through Office Hours and community forums; simplifying complex technical risks for executive leadership to drive informed decision-making.
• Operational Governance: Establish the governance model for vulnerability disposition (SAST/DAST/OffSec, ensuring clear SLAs, audit trails, and exception workflows that don't hinder velocity.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology
• At least 6 years of experience evaluating, contributing to, or supporting development of cybersecurity capabilities
• At least 3 years of application security experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience working on teams and presenting to stakeholders cybersecurity information such as metrics, threat intelligence, controls and/or requirements
• 3+ years of experience developing or interpreting cybersecurity metrics or dashboards
• 3+ years of people management experience
• 2+ years of experience developing or overseeing cybersecurity or technology risk programs
• Demonstrated familiarity with industry governance or financial governance processes
• Ability to perform security incident analysis and assist with resolution, translating technical findings into clear, actionable reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• 4+ years in Application or Product Security or Software Engineering with an emphasis on AppSec and vulnerability management strategy.
• 4+ years of experience managing AppSec products in a large-scale enterprise.
• 2+ years of experience defining standards for AI-augmented development and ethical AI usage.
• Professional certifications (CISSP, CISM, OSCP)
• 2+ years of experience working in cloud-native environments (APIs, Web, Mobile, Containers, IaC, and CI/CD).
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and software supply chain security.
• Experience with automated DAST and manual Penetration Testing to develop adversarial-based threat prevention roadmaps

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate27s offer letter.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.