Senior Network Engineer - Hybrid, SD-WAN & Automation

Capital One; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Incentives

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Network Engineer 4 to lead architecture across campus WAN/SD-WAN, cloud and on‑prem environments. The role emphasizes automation, observability, and security in a hybrid data center and cloud setting.

You will collaborate with Cloud and Security Engineering to define Zero Trust and encryption standards, mentor teams, and drive incident response and capacity planning in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or 6+ years of network engineering experience.
• Experience with routing protocols (BGP, LS, Tunneling).
• Experience with network encapsulation technologies (LANS, VLANs, overlays).
• Experience with physical network devices and infrastructure design/maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end connectivity systems with security and operations in mind.
• Leverage deployment automation to connect upstream systems with running networks.
• Define patterns for implementations across vendor platforms, cloud, and on-premises.
• Lead architecture reviews for hybrid connectivity, SD-WAN, and data-center fabrics.
• Develop network automation and observability pipelines to improve change velocity and resilience.
• Serve as technical authority for incident response, post-mortems, and capacity planning.

Skills

Routing protocols

Network architecture

Hybrid cloud

SRE concepts

Observability

Infrastructure as code

Kubernetes

Zero Trust security

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or 6 years experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Kubernetes

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Network Engineer 4 to lead architecture across campus WAN/SD-WAN, cloud and on‑prem environments. The role emphasizes automation, observability, and security in a hybrid data center and cloud setting.

You will collaborate with Cloud and Security Engineering to define Zero Trust and encryption standards, mentor teams, and drive incident response and capacity planning in a fast-paced environment.