Capital One · 14 hours ago
Senior Threat Detector
Richmond, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$162K/yr - $185K/yr
4+ years expCapital One’s Cyber Organization is a fast-paced, dynamic environment committed to enabling and securing the business. They are seeking an experienced Individual Contributor to contribute to their Detection Engineering team, responsible for solving hard problems using cutting-edge technology in security testing, engineering, alert development, and monitoring.
Financial Services
No H1B
Responsibilities
Leverage LLMs and machine learning to automate detection logic, summarize complex attack chains, and reduce false positives
Lead the design and maintenance of detection rules using DaC methodologies, utilizing GenAI assistants to accelerate development and unit testing
Drive the integration of data science concepts into threat detection and utilize the MITRE ATT&CK framework to visualize and close coverage gaps
Conduct hypothesis-driven threat research and apply a deep understanding of Red Team methodologies to translate attacker TTPs into high-fidelity detections
Partner with business leaders to ensure robust monitoring across cloud, network, and applications while ensuring all documentation meets strict fintech compliance and audit standards
Serve as a technical bar-raiser, mentoring junior engineers on both traditional security concepts and emerging AI-driven workflows
Ability to conduct proactive threat research across enterprise environments using hypothesis driven methodologies
Develop and implement best practices to identify malicious activity in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
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
Demonstrate a deep understanding of adversary techniques and emerging threats that could impact business operations
Respond to inquiries from regulatory entities, risk management and audit teams, providing clear and complete documentation of procedures and workflows
Experience mentoring junior engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing
Ability to articulate security risks and detection strategies to technical and executive audiences
Qualification
Required
Previous experience with a detection engineering, threat detection, or detection operations team
Extensive experience in SQL
Strong understanding of attacker TTPs, red team methodologies, and translating offensive security insights into detections
Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills
Must be able to perform root cause analysis independently or collaboratively with team
Customer service and stakeholder engagement skills
Strong decision-making and strategic thinking in threat detection
High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
At least 3 years of experience in Information Technology or Cyber Security
At least 2 years of experience with host, cloud, application or network logs
At least 2 years of experience developing alerts for threat detection
At least 2 years of penetration testing or offensive security experience
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Cyber Security or Computer Science or similar programs
4+ years of experience in Threat Detection, Threat Hunting, or Security Engineering
4+ years of experience with data science concepts and techniques
4+ years of experience with Python
1+ years of experience in publishing code to GitHub
GCIA, GCIH, CISSP, GMON, GREM, GCTD, MLE, OR Cloud (GCP, AWS) certifications
Benefits
Performance based incentive compensation
Cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits
Company
Capital One
Capital One is a financial services company that provides banking, credit card, auto loan, savings, and commercial banking services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.45BKey Investors
Berkshire Hathaway
2025-09-11Post Ipo Debt· $2.75B
2025-01-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2023-05-15Post Ipo Equity· $954M
Leadership Team
Daniel Arellano
Senior Vice President, Business Cards and Payments
Justin Burch
Senior Vice President
Recent News
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