Senior Associate, Technology Controls Testing - Enterprise Services Risk

Senior Associate, Technology Controls Testing - Enterprise Services Risk
The Enterprise Services Risk organization is expanding with a focus on attracting innovative, pioneering, collaborative, and highly skilled professionals. We operate at the forefront of risk management, providing support for novel and developing technologies, as well as critical business strategies. Diverse perspectives and experiences are valued as we work to redefine the financial sector.
As a Senior Associate in Capital One's Enterprise Services (ES) Core Risk, you will apply your risk management skills to the company's Technology organization. You will partner across Enterprise Services, Divisional CIO, and Information Security teams to develop and support best-in-class industry risk solutions in a manner that supports innovation and protects our customers, shareholders and associates. As a member of the 1st line controls testing team, you will collaborate with other 1st, 2nd, and 3rd line teams to monitor and test processes and control environments, report results, and evaluate compliance with Cyber Security requirements and regulations for the Technology organization. Your contributions will drive insight into risk and control performance, and organizational change through risk identification, measurement, analysis and reporting to enable better management of technology risks in an open and collaborative environment.
The Technology and SOX Automation team, within Enterprise Services Core Risk Controls Governance and Testing (CGT), is seeking an experienced, highly motivated Technology Controls Testing specialist, with strong interest in process maturity, cybersecurity, identity and access management (IAM), and cloud technologies. A clear understanding of requirements, controls, and testing methodologies is necessary for this role. The ideal candidate will be able to design/execute test plans, identify process and control gaps, and compose clear and concise findings to document shortcomings. In addition, the ability to clearly communicate results is imperative in this role. This will be an exciting role in a dynamic and fast-paced environment requiring the ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments appropriately. In this role, the associate will have the opportunity to learn new technologies, develop relationships with partners across technology divisions, and materially contribute to process enhancements to reduce risk.
Responsibilities:

• Perform independent control testing activities and document results.
• Uses code to perform and/or automate analysis and repeatable tasks. Leverages tools [e.g. Python/SQL] to extract and analyze data. Visualize and create charts to support testing efforts.
• Maintains a broad understanding of relevant operating systems and their respective vulnerabilities in order to quickly identify the severity of potential issues [doesn't just know how the tools and reports work, but also how to recognize risk].
• Demonstrates a broad understanding of major categories of cyber threats, how those threats can occur in our environment, and the measures required to safeguard the enterprise.
• Leverages reporting & tools [doesn't build them] to perform analysis on different types of projects, efforts, or datasets & uses data to inform policies and drive change.
• Possesses an understanding of technology systems at an aggregate level, including networks, applications, cloud computing, and data.
• Quickly and accurately analyzes data, assesses risk, & prioritizes published vulnerabilities and potential risks to differentiate critical, high-risk, and low-risk issues, and escalate as appropriate.
• Researches, assembles, and/or evaluates information regarding industry practices or applicable regulatory changes affecting cyber security policies or programs; recommends sound, practical solutions to complex issues.
• Makes recommendations regarding changes to policy, procedures, and control programs to mitigate evolving risks.
• Effectively self-challenges cyber control programs as part of first line duties and escalates risks where appropriate.
• Demonstrates sound lifecycle program management to include documenting and communicating action plans, impediments and risks, and stakeholder engagement.
• Reports on vulnerability assessment to ensure proper functionality and alignment with Information Security Standards [able to understand and explain, but not required to resolve].

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification
• At least 2 years of experience in Risk Management, Process Management, Project Management, or a combination of these
• At least 2 years of experience in technology or cyber security risk management
• At least 1 year of experience working with at least one scripting language

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or Military Experience
• 2+ years of experience testing Technology controls
• Risk Certifications (CRISC, CISM, CRCM, CIPP, CISA, CISSP, ABA Risk Mgmt Certification)
• 3+ years of Risk Management experience in Cyber or Information Security
• Project Management experience leading cross functional projects in Risk
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud technologies
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Experience with security operations, data loss prevention, or access management
• Scripting experience in Python or SQL

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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.
Chicago, IL: $101,100 - $115,400 for Sr. Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis
McLean, VA: $111,200 - $126,900 for Sr. Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis
New York, NY: $121,300 - $138,400 for Sr. Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis
Richmond, VA: $101,100 - $115,400 for Sr. Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis
Wilmington, DE: $101,100 - $115,400 for Sr. Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis
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 candidate's offer letter.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
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