Senior Director, Reliability And Resiliency Oversight

Capital One

McLean, VA, US
Mclean, va: $314,800 - $359,300; new york, ny: $34...
Enterprise-scale systems architecture
Operational stability
Cloud initiatives
This pivotal and high-impact role is responsible for shaping the strategic vision and execution of second-line advisory and oversight across multiple functions, directly influencing how thousands of mission-critical systems are designed, deployed, and managed

Job Summary

  • This pivotal and high-impact role is responsible for shaping the strategic vision and execution of second-line advisory and oversight across multiple functions, directly influencing how thousands of mission-critical systems are designed, deployed, and managed.
  • You will represent the second-line risk management function in architecture councils and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) forums to ensure a rigorous 'design-for-failure' lens is applied to major cloud initiatives and multi-region strategies.
  • You will draft and communicate independent reports to inform a broad audience including engineers, executives, the Board of Directors, and regulators on the organization’s current reliability posture and risk environment.

Matching Summary

This pivotal and high-impact role is responsible for shaping the strategic vision and execution of second-line advisory and oversight across multiple functions, directly influencing how thousands of mission-critical systems are designed, deployed, and managed.

Salary

McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300; New York, NY: $343,400 - $392,000; Richmond, VA: $286,200 - $326,700; Bonus/Equity: performance based incentive compensation; Benefits: comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • enterprise-scale systems architecture
  • operational stability
  • cloud initiatives
  • distributed system architecture
  • automated recovery patterns
  • blast-radius containment
  • failover strategies
  • disaster recovery capabilities

Nice-to-have

  • influence engineering culture
  • balancing feature velocity with system stability
  • independent tests of security
  • independent reports to regulators

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
  • At least 5 years of experience in SRE, Disaster Recovery, or high-availability architecture
  • At least 10 years of experience in infrastructure operations, software development, or systems architecture
  • At least 8 years of direct hands-on experience designing and governing distributed systems or large-scale enterprise infrastructure
  • At least 5 years of people leadership experience
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline
  • Experience leading enterprise-wide resiliency transformations
  • Ability to communicate complex technical risks clearly
  • Familiarity with controls and frameworks related to operational risk
  • Prior experience working in financial services or other highly regulated sectors

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