Senior Risk Specialist, Tech Risk | Retail Bank

Discover Financial
Virginia, Richmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 2+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Project management","Communication","Analytical skills","Advisory","Stakeholder management"]

Partner with Tech & Cyber Risk leadership in Capital One’s Business Risk Office to drive end-to-end technology and cyber risk management. Conduct risk assessments for AI implementations and large-scale architecture transformations, track remediation and risk closure, and support risk forums and RCSA workflows. Build KRI/metrics dashboards, produce audit-ready documentation, and advise engineering and technology stakeholders to strengthen resilience, security, and compliance across the portfolio.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Discover Financial
Discover Financial
12 hours ago

Senior Risk Specialist, Tech Risk | Retail Bank

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Partner with Tech & Cyber Risk leadership in Capital One’s Business Risk Office to drive end-to-end technology and cyber risk management. Conduct risk assessments for AI implementations and large-scale architecture transformations, track remediation and risk closure, and support risk forums and RCSA workflows. Build KRI/metrics dashboards, produce audit-ready documentation, and advise engineering and technology stakeholders to strengthen resilience, security, and compliance across the portfolio.
Location: Virginia, Richmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive end-to-end technology and cyber risk assessments across the lifecycle, including remediation tracking and risk finding closure.
  • •Assess and support responsible implementation of AI applications and large-scale architecture transformations aligned to enterprise risk frameworks.
  • •Prioritize risk initiatives and manage stakeholder engagement across engineering, operations, cyber, and risk functions to deliver timely outcomes.
  • •Monitor and analyze risk metrics and dashboards to track remediation and drive compliance to target levels; facilitate recurring risk forums.
  • •Own and improve RCSA workflows and develop risk measurement frameworks (KRI/metrics) with audit-ready documentation for compliance and transparency.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree or military experience.
  • •At least 2 years of experience in technology, cybersecurity, technology auditing, systems risk management, technology risk assessments, resilience engineering, chaos engineering, site reliability engineering, or a combination.
  • •At least 2+ years of experience in risk management in Cyber or Information Security (preferred).
  • •At least 2+ years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, GCP, or Azure) (preferred).
  • •Professional security or professional risk management certification; CISSP, CISA, CRISC, or Open FAIR (preferred).
Experience:2+ yearsTechnologyCybersecurityCloud computingFinancial services
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Project managementCommunicationAnalytical skillsAdvisoryStakeholder management
Certifications:CISSPCISACRISCOpen FAIR Certified
Tech Stack:AIDistributed systemsCloud-native architectureInfrastructure as codeIdentity and access managementApplication securityCloud securityData protectionOperational resilienceBusiness continuityDisaster recoveryHigh availabilityChaos engineeringFault injectionBlast radius mitigationAutomated security validationSite reliability engineeringSLAsSLOsObservability

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
WebsiteLinkedIn