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# Senior Director, Data Science (Remote-Eligible)

- **Company:** Capital One Financial Corporation
- **Location:** Frankfort, KY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $286,200.0 - $326,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Architectural Patterns, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Relational Databases, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Open Source Technology, Ansible, Sentiment Analysis, Service-Oriented Architecture, SONAR (Symantec), Cloud Platform System, Deep Learning, Cloudformation, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Free and Open-Source Software, Api Design, Devsecops, Jenkins, Artifactory, Microservices
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3331039226&tx=IT9386THI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* A leader. You challenge conventional thinking and work with stakeholders to identify and improve the status quo.
 * Creative. You thrive on bringing definition to big, undefined problems. You love asking questions and pushing hard to find answers. You're not afraid to share a new idea.
 * Technical. You're comfortable with open-source languages and are passionate about developing further. You have hands-on experience developing data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms.
 * Statistically-minded. You've built models, validated them, and backtested them. You know how to interpret a confusion matrix or a ROC curve. You have experience with clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning., * Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date :
 * A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 11 years of experience performing data analytics
 * A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 9 years of experience performing data analytics
 * A PHD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 6 years of experience performing data analytics
 * At least 6 years of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis
 * At least 6 years of experience working with machine learning
 * At least 6 years of experience utilizing relational databases, * PhD in "STEM" field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 5 years of experience in data analytics
 * At least 6 years of experience in Python, Scala, or R for large scale data analysis
 * At least 6 years of experience with machine learning
 * At least 2 year of experience working with AWS
 * At least 6 years of experience with complex architectural patterns (SOA), building APIs, microservices, and event streams
 * At least 6 years of experience with DevOps or DevSecOps and building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Artifactory, Chef, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation templates, GitHub, and Sonar

## Description

* Partner with a cross-functional team of software engineers, distinguished researchers, and solutions architects to drive great decisions through modeling
 * Define and drive towards an end state that is based on simplicity and the adoption of digital technologies, cloud hosting, and open source software.
 * Distill the details of complex interconnected modeling systems to influence senior business leaders on model strategy, business use, and risks
 * Assess, challenge, and at times defend state-of-the-art decision-making systems to internal and regulatory partners
 * Shape our practice of building machine learning models, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
 * Oversee development of benchmark and challenger models to stress test critical modeling decisions


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