Principal Associate, Active Defense Analyst, Cyber Intelligence

Overview

Principal Associate, Active Defense Analyst, Cyber Intelligence

Capital One is looking for a talented Cyber Security Threat Intelligence Analyst to join our Active Defense team.

As a Principal Associate, you will play an integral role in protecting our customers, our associates, and our brand. The team helps identify, track, and collect adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and indicators of compromise. You will be an integral member against threats, help mature the program by identifying threats which may include brand impersonations, spoofed domains, and phishing attempts.  You would also assist in tactical investigations, operational planning and communicating that information in a meaningful way with partners, stakeholders, and leadership.  The position will require technical knowledge of network protocols and infrastructure, understanding of cloud infrastructures, and cyber threats to those networks, and applications. 

You thrive working cross-functionally and understand how to produce intelligence products to support business requirements, and proactively identify areas for cooperation. We are looking for a candidate with excellent communication skills, to include writing for diverse audiences, formulating intelligence products, and managing or triaging collection workflows. 

The successful candidate for this position will be part of an exciting and dynamic environment and will have a key role in building detections designed to defend Capital One brand, systems and data. 

Responsibilities:

• Produce intelligence products analyzing cyber adversary trends and the impact to Capital One’s consumer products and defenses 

• Proactively monitor, collect and leverage intelligence from external data sources gather intelligence from deep and dark web, and other OSINT sources 

• Assist countermeasures development through integration of threat intelligence and operational data. 

• Create and iterate on workflows synthesizing data from sources such as malware infections, cyber attack patterns, and closed and open-source intelligence 

• Connect with stakeholders; understand their priority needs for collaboration. 

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification

• At least 3 years of experience producing intelligence products to combat cyber threats or conducting investigations into cybercrime, or advanced persistent threats

• At least 2 years of experience in evaluating cyber adversaries, technical indicators of compromise (IOCs), and cyber tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience with vendors and external resources used to collect cyber intelligence in the financial services space

• 2+ years of experience collecting against intelligence requirements and applying intelligence cycle principles to cyber threat analysis

• 2+ years of experience with concepts and resources (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)

• 2+ years of experience analyzing attack vectors such as account takeovers, synthetic account creation, malware infections, phishing kits, and session or cookie hijacking

• 2+ years of experience performing OSINT Social Media research

• Ability to understand computer networking concepts 

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization).

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.

McLean, VA: $158,600 - $181,000 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Technical

Plano, TX: $144,200 - $164,600 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Technical

Richmond, VA: $144,200 - $164,600 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Technical

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 theCapital 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.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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