Capital One

Cybersecurity

Manager,CyberThreatResearcher,CyberIntelligence

$179–205k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Manager, Cyber Threat Researcher, Cyber Intelligence at Capital One. Skills: Cyber threat intelligence, Threat research, Incident response, Threat hunting. Create mechanisms to connect dots. Combine signals in data”

Industry & Context.

Cybersecurity
Problems you'll solve

Systems thinking; Engineering techniques; Predict cyber threats; Predict adversary intentions; Problem solving at scale

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification, At least 4 years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology, At least 4 years of experience performing incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, forensics, or offensive security, At least 3 years of experience in conducting investigations into cyber-enabled fraud, cybercrime, or advanced persistent threats, At least 2 years of experience in programming or scripting (Python, Perl, PHP, PowerShell)

Nice to Have

Bachelor's Degree, 6 + years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology, 6 + years of experience performing incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, forensics, or offensive security, 3+ years of experience with public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), 3+ years of experience in a highly regulated industry, 1+ year of experience working with Generative and Agentic AI tools

What You'll Do.

Create mechanisms to connect dots

Combine signals in data

Highlight cyber threats

Maintain industry-wide expertise

Synthesize disparate sets of data

Inform instrumentation

Inform threat narratives

Build productive relationships with internal teams

Contextualize emerging threats

Influence emerging threats

Inform business units on emerging threats

Communicate investigative outcomes

Communicate technical architecture context

Communicate conclusions to audiences

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate across functional teams; Internal teams; Business units

Communication Scope

Investigative outcomes; Technical architecture; Company senior leadership; Business partners

Full Job Description

Manager, Cyber Threat Researcher, Cyber Intelligence (Remote Eligible) The mission of Capital One’s Cyber Intelligence service is to leverage cyber threat intelligence for good. The team’s mission is to counter, disrupt and mitigate cyber adversaries targeting Capital One customers, associates, infrastructure and brand. We are looking for a Cyber Threat Researcher who is able to apply systems thinking and engineering techniques to accurately emulate, detect, and predict cyber threats and adversary intentions. You have a growth mindset when it comes to maintaining expertise and knowledge in threat adversary trends and technologies. We are looking for someone who takes a forward leaning, innovative approach to problem solving, with passion for solving problems at Capital One scale and the desire to collaborate across functional teams. The ideal candidate should be comfortable showing off a constant technical curiosity, “getting into the weeds” on emerging technologies and how they can be used by actors and fraudsters with ill intent. **Responsibilities:** * Create mechanisms to "connect the dots" between different spaces in order to combine signals in data that automatically highlight cyber threats across fraud and advanced enterprise threat activities * Maintain industry-wide expertise of the current cyber threat landscape and attack vectors * Synthesize disparate sets of data from sources such as malware, cyber attack patterns, closed and open-source intelligence to inform instrumentation, detections, and threat narratives such as storyboards * Build productive relationships with internal teams to contextualize, influence and inform Capital One’s business units on emerging threats * Communicate investigative outcomes with technical architecture context and conclusions to a variety of audiences, including company senior leadership and business partners Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity. **Basic Qualifications:** * High School Diplom

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