Lead Engineer - NetDevOps - Capital One : Job Details

Join Capital One as a Lead Engineer in the NetDevOps domain, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of banking in the cloud. Here, you'll collaborate with a talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers, and visionary leaders. Your expertise will help create practical, innovative solutions to complex challenges, driving meaningful business outcomes and technology enhancements.

At Capital One, we value diverse perspectives and believe they are key to influencing, collaborating, and crafting the most innovative solutions across our organization. As a Lead Engineer, you will foster a culture of engineering excellence, balancing your technical expertise with inclusivity, ensuring all ideas are valued and championed. You will be instrumental in nurturing next-generation talent, mentoring others, and actively participating in recruitment efforts to strengthen our community.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor in key technologies and platforms, producing clear communications, code samples, and knowledge-sharing material both within and beyond the organization. Although you will have a specialization, your input and insights will be sought across many domains.

As a member of the Network Transformation team, you will guide strategy and best practices for our enterprise network initiatives, collaborating with Cyber, Cloud, and Software Engineering teams. Ideal candidates will bring expertise in technologies such as Local Area Networks, Cloud Networks, BGP, SD-WAN, VxLAN, and Wi-Fi, complemented by software tools like Ansible and Python.

If you're ready to lead with thought and contribute to engineering excellence across Capital One's engineering teams, we encourage you to apply and help us transform banking for good.

Key Responsibilities:

• Articulate and promote an inspiring technical vision for your domain.

• Decompose complex problems into actionable and operational solutions.

• Ensure high standards in technical design and execution.

• Act as an authoritative source on system characteristics such as performance, scalability, and operability.

• Continuously learn and contribute advanced technical knowledge to our community.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, optimizing your time for maximum impact.

• Serve as a role model and mentor, strengthening the technical skills and capabilities of the engineering and product teams.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree.

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in Software Development or Engineering using DevOps tools like Ansible and Terraform.

• At least 7 years of experience in Network Engineering, focusing on large multi-site networks.

• 5+ years of public cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• 10+ years of Software Engineering or Development experience.

• 10+ years of coding experience in languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.

• 10+ years of experience in Networking (BGP, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, Cloud Networking, and Data Center Networking).

• 10+ years of full lifecycle development experience from conception through deployment and production support.

• 7+ years of experience building distributed systems and high-availability services using cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure).

• 3+ years of experience with IPv6 implementation in the Cloud.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply, including qualified individuals with a criminal history. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.

This role is based in McLean, VA. Candidates for other locations will be assessed according to the local pay range.