Senior Network Architect & Reliability Lead

Capital One Group; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in Richmond, VA is seeking a Network Engineer 5 to architect end-to-end connectivity with security and automation. This role will design, implement, and govern enterprise and cloud network ecosystems, collaborating with Cloud, Security, and SRE teams to improve reliability and performance.

You will mentor engineers, apply open source frameworks, and lead incident response while aligning with standards for routing, segmentation, and inter-cloud traffic.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in CS, Engineering, or 8+ years in network engineering.
• Experience with routing protocols (BGP, link-state, tunneling).
• Experience with network encapsulation technologies (VLANs, overlays).
• Experience with physical network devices and wiring infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end connectivity with security and operations in mind.
• Document and drive standards across vendor platforms, cloud environments, and in-house software.
• Own lifecycle of enterprise and cloud network ecosystems across connectivity, security, and automation layers.
• Lead incident response and drive durable reliability improvements with cross-team collaboration.

Skills

Network design

Routing protocols (BGP, LSPs, Tunnling

VLANs/Overlay networks

Infrastructure maintenance

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS or Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Kubernetes

Job description

Capital One in Richmond, VA is seeking a Network Engineer 5 to architect end-to-end connectivity with security and automation. This role will design, implement, and govern enterprise and cloud network ecosystems, collaborating with Cloud, Security, and SRE teams to improve reliability and performance.

You will mentor engineers, apply open source frameworks, and lead incident response while aligning with standards for routing, segmentation, and inter-cloud traffic.