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Sr Director , Software Engineering - IAM

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The Senior Director of Software Engineering will lead the Identity and Access Management team, develop technical strategies, and oversee engineering teams to foster innovation and operational excellence in a collaborative environment.
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Sr Director , Software Engineering - IAM
We are seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering who is passionate about growing and sustaining an innovative technology organization while fostering a culture of engineering and operational excellence. This individual will be an engineering leader who enjoys solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment. At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of builders, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs.
The Senior Director of Software Engineering will be on the leadership team of Identity and Access Management Core Platform. In this role, you will focus on the technical strategy, multi-year roadmap, and collaboration across all lines of business. Your expertise in software engineering and knowledge of public cloud and IAM will position you to influence peer technical partners and business stakeholders.
What You'll Do:

  • Build and Lead engineering teams to reimagine workload identity and privileged credential management by implementing a modern Zero Trust Workload Identity Platform
  • Work with Product partners, and deliver robust solutions that drive automated capabilities supporting Cyber and IAM
  • Partner with leaders across the enterprise to drive adoption of our automated capabilities
  • Lead complex vendor relationships and ensure well-managed integration of vendor platforms into our broader Capital One ecosystem
  • Develop and leverage trusted relationships across Architecture, Design, and other Technology leaders to ensure strategic alignment across key Cyber initiatives
  • Utilize programming languages like Java, Python, SQL, and Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, CM tools including Ansible and Terraform, and a variety of AWS tools and services
  • Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities
  • Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity
  • Coach and mentor engineers through their career development and performance


Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • At least 9 years of experience in software engineering
  • At least 7 years of people leadership experience
  • At least 7 years of experience with coding in one or more of the following languages: Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Golang, Bash, Perl, Ruby
  • At least 4 years of public cloud experience (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
  • At least 3 years of experience in leading enterprise platforms


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree
  • 4+ years of experience in infrastructure design, implementation, and delivery
  • 3+ years of experience working with Agile Development Practices
  • 2+ years of experience in identity and access management


Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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.
Plano, TX: $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering
McLean, VA: $308,700 - $352,300 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering
New York, NY: $336,700 - $384,200 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering
Richmond, VA: $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering
San Jose, CA: $336,700 - $384,200 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering
Candidates 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 candidate's 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 well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt 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 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.
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 at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com
Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

Top Skills

Ansible
AWS
Azure
Bash
Docker
Go
Google Cloud Platform
Java
JavaScript
Kubernetes
Perl
Python
Ruby
SQL
Terraform

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