Senior Manager, SRE Risk Advisory and Oversight

Overview

Capital One is one of the fastest-growing organizations in the world today, powered by our passion for our customers. We are serious about technology, we dream big, and we execute: Capital One moved our entire enterprise to the public cloud over the course of five years. Just as we prioritize driving innovation through technology, we equally prioritize cybersecurity, reliability, software quality, and data management.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
• At least 6 years of experience managing, consulting, auditing, or working in the fields of software engineering, site reliability engineering, or information technology
• At least 3 years of experience with cloud implementations (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• At least 2 years of experience with open-source programming languages
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline
• Professional certification (AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS SysOps Administrator)
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud-native and container stacks
• Experience with enterprise monitoring, observability, and alerting toolsets (Splunk, Prometheus, Datadog, ELK, PagerDuty)
• Proven experience drafting analytical assessments or technical white papers for senior executives and decision-makers
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, taking a lead advisory role on high-visibility resilience initiatives
• Prior experience working in financial services or another highly-regulated sector

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cutting-edge technology, standards, and tools—specifically cloud-native architectures, containerization, and the integration of emerging AI/ML technologies to optimize reliability and automation
• Experience with modern engineering tools and methodologies
• Experience with DevOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes
• Experience with agile methodologies and project management

Essential Functions (Responsibilities)

• Provide Risk Advisory & Technical Leadership: Deliver independent, advisory-based technical leadership when assessing the design, development, and scalability of cloud-native systems against SRE best practices and enterprise risk appetites.
• Provide Effective Challenge: Evaluate proposed and current cloud engineering practices, ensuring robust strategies are in place for automation, resiliency, performance, and monitoring.
• SRE Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a trusted advisor on core SRE pillars, advising teams on the maturity of their Service Level Indicators/Objectives (SLIs/SLOs), error budgeting, toil reduction, and release engineering (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Drive Modern Tech & AI Integration: Keep up-to-date with cutting-edge technology, standards, and tools—specifically cloud-native architectures, containerization, and the integration of emerging AI/ML technologies to optimize reliability and automation.
• Perform Independent Assessments: Conduct independent risk reviews of cloud infrastructure, software delivery lifecycles, and observability architectures to identify systemic resilience risks.
• Executive Communication & Reporting: Draft and publish independent, data-driven risk materials for senior management and executives, translating complex engineering risks into clear business implications.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong, collaborative relationships with first-line engineering leaders, product managers, and architects to communicate technology risks effectively and drive consensus on risk-mitigation strategies.

Pay

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: $229,900 - $262,400 for Sr Manager, Cyber Technical

Benefits

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.

Contact Information

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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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