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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailWe are seeking a highly skilled DDoS Protection Engineer to join our cybersecurity and network defense team. In this role you will be responsible for designing implementing and maintaining advanced DDoS mitigation strategies conducting deep packet analysis and contributing to the development of automated defense capabilities. You will collaborate closely with engineers and architects to strengthen infrastructure resiliency and ensure rapid response to networkbased attacks.
The Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering (CORE) Technology division is responsible for enabling and evolving Capital Ones foundational cloud infrastructure layer including observability connectivity resilience and availability.
Team:
The DDoS engineering team is responsible for protecting Capital Ones global network infrastructure from volumetric and applicationlayer attacks by delivering resilient automated mitigation strategies and deep traffic intelligence.
Job Responsibilities:
Design implement and maintain DDoS protection architectures including cloudbased and onprem solutions.
Perform deep packet inspection and traffic analysis to detect and mitigate DDoS and other volumetric attacks.
Develop and finetune mitigation tactics and policies aligned with MITRE ATT&CK frameworks.
Monitor network traffic and respond to realtime DDoS events working in coordination with SOC and NOC teams.
Collaborate with network and security architects to design scalable and resilient protection strategies.
Develop and maintain automation scripts and APIs for detection mitigation and alerting workflows.
Provide operational support for DDoS tools services and related infrastructure.
Analyze postincident data to enhance detection response time and mitigation efficiency.
Work closely across teams across the organization to ensure compliance with existing standards identify gaps in existing standards and enhance standard governance procedures.
Work closely with enterprise architects product managers Cloud/DevOps engineers and SRE teams to understand our processes and approaches and influence change where appropriate
Challenge and assess automation frameworks to support the platform products
Guide best practices for security related appliances including following and implementing evolving industry standards.
Basic Qualifications:
High School Diploma GED or equivalent certification
At least 4 years of experience in Information Technology or Cyber Security
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree
5 years of experience developing or challenging engineering practices through critical examination of problem and collaboration with team members and customers (developers architects engineers)
3 years of experience in network security or DDoS mitigation
2 years handson experience with cloudbased DDoS protection platforms Akamai AWS Shield Cloudflare Radware or Arbor
1 year experience with packet analysis tools Wireshark tcpdump and traffic flow monitoring
3 years of experience with TCP/IP DNS BGP HTTP/S and other Layer 37 protocols.
1 year experience with scripting languages (Python Bash)
Strong problemsolving and incident response skills
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work crossfunctionally
2 years experience working with networking protocols and technology across routing monitoring and VPN services including BGP OSPF EIGRP and VRF
One or more certifications GCIA CompTIA Security AWS certifications CCNA CCNP or CCIE
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 F1 OPT F1 STEM OPT F1 CPT J1 TN or another type of work authorization)
The minimum and maximum fulltime 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 parttime roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
McLean VA: $193400 $220700 for Manager Cyber TechnicalCandidates 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 candidates 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 wellbeing. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or parttime status exempt or nonexempt 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 drugfree 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 23A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco California Police Code Article 49 Sections; New York Citys Fair Chance Act; Philadelphias Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal state and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position and you require an accommodation please contact Capital One Recruiting ator via email at . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Full-Time