Lead Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Advisor - Capital One

Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Lead Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Advisor

Cyber Governance and Risk is seeking an associate to develop into a subject matter expert lead within the Payment Card Industry (PCI) team providing consulting to the enterprise regarding the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and other applicable PCI Council standards. The associate is responsible for conducting internal assessments in partnership with information security officers, application owners, and service owners with PCI-DSS compliance tasks such as evidence preparation, evidence gathering and review, aligned to the PCI-DSS requirements. The associate provides input into the creation of hardening standards, researches security best practices and other industry security trends to use as input into the improvement of the information security program.

The ideal candidate will be a highly-motivated self-starting professional with profound understanding of PCI DSS requirements and testing methodology (version 3.2.1 and above). The candidate will have well developed communication and intrapersonal skills with a solid foundational understanding and experience in process, relationship, and program management. The candidate will also be detail-oriented, results-focused, and have a proven track record of driving tasks to completion. The candidate must be a strong team player with a demonstrated ability to work efficiently with other team members cross-functionally and across the PCI team.

Essential Responsibilities

• Developing lasting partnerships with various enterprise teams, to include collaborating on compliance-by-design strategies while balancing risk, business objectives, and business impact

• Promoting awareness and training of PCI principles, requirements, and security best practices.

• Leading end-to-end internal assessments based on PCI DSS requirements

• Managing team communications and visibility into status of deliverables

• Obtaining ISA certification within 12 months (if not current)

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification

• At least 4 years of experience supporting or leading, a Level 1 or Level 2 organization's PCI-DSS compliance effort, working with ISA or QSA

• At least 2 years of experience of direct or indirect work with public Cloud systems and on-premise infrastructure or systems

• At least 2 years of experience developing and implementing PCI policies, standards, and procedures

• At least 2 years of experience supporting, maintaining, and implementing security for a large organization assessed against PCI-DSS and level 1 or 2

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 2+ years of experience working in the financial services industry

• PCI QSA or ISA certification

• CISSP, GIAC, CEH, or Security+ certification

• AWS Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect certification

​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, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization).

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

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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.

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