Locations: VA - McLean, United States of America, McLean, Virginia Principal Associate, Governance, Risk Identification, and Testing
As a member of a growing organization, you will have the opportunity to shape and further refine your portfolio commensurate with the priorities of the organization and the company. The demands and high-visibility nature of this position requires an expert with a proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and who can begin contributing immediately.
Essential Functions (Responsibilities)
- Serves as Agile Delivery Lead/project manager for multiple teams
- Ensures team maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery of business value
- Helps team proactively identify impediments and recommends solutions to remove impediments
- Coaches team members on effectively using JIRA to track their work
- Perform independent controls review of the company’s cybersecurity and technology control environment
- Perform assessments of first line control testing programs to determine sufficiency of processes and effectiveness of execution
- Provide technical assessments of technology control design and effectiveness by performing independent testing
- Draft assessments for senior management and other stakeholders, to include regulatory agencies and the Board of Directors, as required
- Provide challenge, expertise and advice on enhancing the design, effectiveness, and maturity of the company’s technology controls and capabilities
- Participate in management of the overall technology control inventory, which defines the scope of the controls review program
- Stay current on emerging cyber threats, technologies, controls, and potential implications for the company
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues, stakeholders, and leaders across multiple organizations to achieve objectives
- Coordinate program-related activities and deliverables to ensure effective collaboration within the team and across stakeholder groups
- Communicate in a compelling manner to any audience, including internal and external stakeholders
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or military experience
- At least 3 years of experience in implementing and managing controls review assessments or controls testing functions based on established industry risk frameworks, including: the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, COBIT v5, COSO, or FedRAMP
- At least 2 years of experience working in the fields of information security, technology, or technology risk management
- At least 2 years of experience with cybersecurity and technology practices
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional security management certifications, such as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
- Certified Scrum Master or PMP certification
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience within the Big 4 performing SOC 1 or SOC 2 assessments
- Experience using automated testing tools
New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $118,700 - $135,400 for Principal Risk SpecialistThis 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.
. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
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