Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Senior Associate, Cyber Threat Detection (Security Testing)

Capital One's Cyber Organization is a fast-paced, dynamic environment committed to enabling and securing the business. Our Cyber Operations & Intelligence division is searching for an experienced Individual Contributor (IC), Senior Associate to contribute to our Threat Detection Alert Testing team. In this role, you will be responsible for solving hard problems using cutting edge technology in the areas of security testing, engineering, alert development, and monitoring.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Emphasis of this position will be in testing MITRE ATT&CK techniques with a security testing/pentesting methodology
• Utilize offensive security concepts to testing known malicious cybersecurity techniques
• Strategize and implement best practices to detect malicious activity in a fast-paced, ever-changing technology environment.
• Lead the remediation efforts for tested techniques and identify coverage gaps
• Understand the business drivers of the enterprise and partner with relevant stakeholders to ensure robust monitoring and expanded coverage across our hosts, networks, and applications.
• Collaborate with operation teams to build novel detections, establish repeatable processes, and drive automation for containment and remediation activities.
• Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate alerts and conduct continuous testing.
• Demonstrate a deep knowledge of adversary techniques and emerging threats that could adversely impact business activities
• Respond to inquiries from regulatory entities, risk management and audit teams, providing clear and complete documentation of procedures and workflows
• Encourage continued innovation and improvement in how we apply the intelligence lifecycle.

• Python programming experience
• Familiarity with Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) tools
• Ability to automate infrastructure development with Tensorflow, Ansible, etc.
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry with increased oversight
• Outstanding customer service and stakeholder management
• Experience with data analysis, and security event and incident management platforms
• Must be able to apply independent judgment
• Experience working in a security operation center

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification
• At least 1.5 years of experience in Information Technology or Cyber Security
• At least 3 years of pentesting or offensive security experience
• At least 1 year of experience using Security Information and Event Management technologies

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4+ years of experience in offensive security
• 3+ years of experience researching cybersecurity threats
• 1+ years of experience in transforming a threat detection capability
• 1+ years of experience testing MITRE ATT&CK techniques manually
• Ability to automate execution of known adversary tactics
• Experience working with cyber threat intelligence and the MITRE ATT&CK framework