Senior Network Engineer - Cloud, Security & Automation

Capital One Group; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a seasoned Network Engineer 5 to architect and manage enterprise and cloud network ecosystems, spanning connectivity, security, and automation. You will define standards, lead incident responses, and collaborate with Cloud, Security, and SRE teams to ensure reliable, scalable networks.

The role emphasizes design leadership, automation, and mentoring engineers in modern networking, observability, and security practices, aligning with Capital One’s hybrid cloud and security

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or at least 8 years of experience in network engineering
• At least 8 years of experience with routing protocols (BGP, Link-State Protocols, and Tunneling Protocols)
• At least 8 years of experience with network encapsulation technologies (LANS, Virtual LANs, overlay networks, and network fabrics)
• At least 8 years of experience with physical network devices
• At least 8 years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining network infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Architect and Design end-to-end connectivity systems with security and operational frameworks
• Use software development practices to design deploy/change/maintain upstream systems
• Define and drive standards across vendor platforms, cloud environments and in-house software
• Define implementation patterns for protocol frameworks across COF facilities and cloud
• Own architecture and lifecycle of enterprise and cloud network ecosystems

Skills

Network engineering

Routing protocols

Network encapsulation

Physical network devices

Network infrastructure design

Incident response

Observability & telemetry

Automation & scripting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Engineering or 8+ years experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Kubernetes

Job description

Capital One seeks a seasoned Network Engineer 5 to architect and manage enterprise and cloud network ecosystems, spanning connectivity, security, and automation. You will define standards, lead incident responses, and collaborate with Cloud, Security, and SRE teams to ensure reliable, scalable networks.

The role emphasizes design leadership, automation, and mentoring engineers in modern networking, observability, and security practices, aligning with Capital One’s hybrid cloud and security