Cloud Platform Engineer - Resilience & DevOps Leader

Capital One; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer in the Palo Alto area to drive cloud operations resilience and engineering across a full-stack of development tools. You’ll mentor teams, design scalable solutions, and stay ahead with emerging technologies.

You’ll work within Agile teams, use Python/SQL/Ruby/Groovy, and leverage AWS services, Docker/ECS, Ansible, Terraform, and Palo Alto tooling to advance automation and reliability.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification.
• 6+ years building and deploying with tools (Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory).
• 4+ years AWS experience.
• 2+ years leading a team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners to define capabilities and tests.
• Improve software engineering practices and drive full-stack solutions.
• Lead craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
• Mentor engineers and stay current with tech trends.

Skills

Python

SQL

Ruby

Groovy

AWS

Jenkins

GitHub

Artifactory

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

Palo Alto NGFW

Panorama

Agile practices

Network fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

Artifactory

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

Palo Alto Panorama

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer in the Palo Alto area to drive cloud operations resilience and engineering across a full-stack of development tools. You’ll mentor teams, design scalable solutions, and stay ahead with emerging technologies.

You’ll work within Agile teams, use Python/SQL/Ruby/Groovy, and leverage AWS services, Docker/ECS, Ansible, Terraform, and Palo Alto tooling to advance automation and reliability.