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Senior Lead Platform Engineer (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering)

Capital One
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Jul 2025
💰 $220,300/yr($175,500/yr$220,300/yr)

About the role

Senior Lead Platform Engineer (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering)

Capital One Network Services has an opening for a Senior Lead Platform- Network Engineer in the Connectivity Engineering Organization.


As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for leading and ensuring Capital One best practices and methodologies are applied to the design, deployment and operations of SD-WAN, Cisco ACI and Connectivity Engineering team projects.


You will be responsible for providing technical guidance and leadership to partner teams, acting as the technical point of contact for customers and providing design, migration and deployment guidance. 

The Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering (CORE) Technology division is responsible for enabling and evolving Capital One’s foundational cloud infrastructure layer, including observability, connectivity, resilience and availability.

Responsibilities

  • Create Low Level Design, High Level Design, Implementation Plan, and Acceptance Test Plan documents in accordance with Capital One standards.

  • Create, update and publish Capital One standards to ensure the network meets business and compliance needs.

  • Perform installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of Capital One managed hardware, software and peripheral devices.

  • Oversee and perform new and existing equipment, hardware and software upgrades.

  • Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.

  • Provide Technical leadership and guidance to junior personnel. 

  • Manage and Govern relationships with technology vendors utilized in the enterprise network. 

  • Ensure compliance with departmental and enterprise security configuration standards.

  • Provide direct support of audit and ad hoc consulting engagements

  • Assess vulnerabilities, identify and implement mitigation plans

  • Design, deploy and support Edge Networks utilizing industry best practices Cisco IOS, Cisco Nexus and Versa SD-WAN platforms.

  • Contribute to the development and performance of a migration plan from traditional branch and campus designs to SD-WAN and SD-ACCESS


 

Basic Qualifications

  •  High school diploma, GED or equivalent certification.

  • At least 8 years of experience in an enterprise network.

  • At least 6 years of experience in Routing and Switching implementations.

  • At least 4 years of team leadership experience  


Preferred Qualifications

  •  Bachelor’s degree.

  • CCNA, CCNP or CCIE Datacenter Routing and Switching certification.

  • 3+ years of experience with SD-WAN

  • 3+ years of experience with SD-ACCESS
    2+ years of experience in programming or scripting related to networking utilizing Python or Ansible.

  • 2+ years of experience with Lantronix Out of Band or equivalent experience in all technical aspects of Out of Band implementation.

  • 3+ years of experience in BGP, OSPF, vPC, VXLAN, and ECMP.

  • 3+ years of experience in configuring and managing Cisco Catalyst Switches and Cisco ASR and ISR Routers in an enterprise-class network.

  • 7+ years of experience in all technical aspects of Routing and Switching implementations.

 

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $193,000 - $220,300 for Sr. Lead Platform Engineer


 

Richmond, VA: $175,500 - $200,300 for Sr. Lead Platform Engineer


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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