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About Capital One Financial
Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking
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As a Network Engineer 5, you will join a collaborative team to architect and design end-to-end connectivity systems with integrated security and operational frameworks. You will utilize software development practices to build out configuration frameworks for deployment automation while defining standards across vendor platforms, cloud environments, and in-house software. Your daily responsibilities include managing the lifecycle of enterprise and cloud network ecosystems, leading critical incident responses, and mentoring other engineers on reliability and automation principles. The role requires expertise in routing protocols like BGP and Link-State, as well as experience with LANs, VPNs, and network fabrics. You will work with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef to manage infrastructure through code. Key technical domains include hybrid cloud environments, Kubernetes, service meshes, and advanced observability stacks for proactive monitoring and self-healing automation.
What does a Network Engineer earn in Virginia?
Median $150000 from 32 postings across 10 companies.
Architect and design end-to-end connectivity systems with integrated security and operational frameworks.
Use software development practices to build automated configuration frameworks for deployment and maintenance.
Define implementation standards for protocol frameworks across campus, WAN, cloud, and SaaS environments.
Manage the architecture and lifecycle of enterprise and cloud network ecosystems including automation layers.
Establish design standards for routing, security segmentation, and inter-cloud traffic flow.
Lead critical incident response efforts and perform root-cause analysis to improve system reliability.
Partner with Cloud and Security teams to develop cross-platform observability and self-healing automation.
Mentor and upskill other engineers on advanced networking, reliability, and automation principles.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or at least 8 years of experience in network engineering including management of network systems.
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.
Proficiency in managing hybrid cloud environments, SRE principles, and modern observability stacks (preferred).
Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef; container orchestration; and cloud security standards (preferred).
Professional certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, JNCIP, or AWS Advanced Networking Specialty (preferred).