Senior Manager, Cyber Threat Researcher, Cyber Intelligence

Capital One

Senior Manager Cyber Threat Researcher leveraging intelligence to counter cyber adversaries at Capital One. Engage multiple teams to synthesize data and inform business strategies against cyber threats.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois, New York, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $209,000 - $286,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityGoogle Cloud PlatformPerlPHPPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create mechanisms to 'connects the dots' between different internal and external data sources in order to combine ‘signals’ in data that automatically highlight cyber threats across advanced enterprise threat activities and fraud activity
Maintain industry-wide expertise of the current cyber threat landscape and attack vectors
Synthesize disparate sets of data from sources such as malware, cyber attack patterns, closed and open-source intelligence, and tokenized consumer flows to inform instrumentation, detections, and threat narratives such as storyboards
Build productive relationships with internal teams to contextualize, influence and inform Capital One’s business units on emerging threats
Communicate investigative outcomes with technical architecture context and conclusions to a variety of audiences, including company senior leadership and business partners

Requirements

What you’ll need

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification
At least 6 years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology
At least 6 years of experience working in incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, forensics, or offensive security
At least 5 years of experience in conducting investigations or research into cyber-enabled fraud, cybercrime, or advanced persistent threats
At least 3 years of experience with cyber threat intelligence threat frameworks such as Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, MITRE ATT&CK, ATLAS, Defense or Engage
At least 3 years of experience in programming or scripting with Python, Perl, PHP, PowerShell or SQL
Bachelor's Degree (Preferred)
8+ years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology (Preferred)
8+ years of experience performing incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, forensics, or offensive security (Preferred)
3+ years of experience with public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) (Preferred)
3+ years of experience in a highly regulated industry (financial sector, financial technology, healthcare, or intelligence community) (Preferred)
1+ year of experience working with Generative and Agentic AI tools (Preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

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Hard Skills & Tools

cybersecurityincident responsethreat huntingthreat intelligenceforensicsoffensive securitycyber threat intelligence frameworksprogrammingscriptingdata synthesis

Soft Skills

communicationrelationship buildinginfluencingcontextualizinginvestigative skills

Certifications

High School DiplomaGEDequivalent certification