DevOps Network Engineer

Company: Capital One
Location: Ruther Glen
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

7900 Westpark Drive (12131), United States of America, McLean, VirginiaDevOps Network EngineerCapital One Network Services has an opening for a DevOps Network Engineer in our Edge Network Organization. As a DevOps Network Engineer, you will be responsible for leading and ensuring that Capital One best practices and methodologies are applied to the design, deployment and operations of SD-WAN, SD-ACCESS and edge network projects. In addition to Cisco IOS experience, you must possess strong to advanced knowledge of routing and switching, carrier services, data center services, and network automation. Candidate will primarily act in a DevOps role for the enterprise data network platforms with full product ownership. You will be responsible to provide technical guidance and leadership to partner teams to drive solutions. You will be the technical point of contact for the customer and provide design, migration and deployment guidance. Your operations activities include troubleshooting performance issues and performing break-fix network changes. You should have experience with and a strong knowledge of Incident, Problem and Change management processes. You will drive technical resolution of High-Severity & Low Severity Incidents. You will provide direct support of Problem Management process, including Post-Mortem participation and presentations. You will help govern device remediation and Operational Resiliency activities.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 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
• Own platform life-cycle management
• Ongoing, on the job training
• Operations Tier 3 escalation resource for incident resolutionSuccessful candidates will possess:
  • Exceptional interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to document solutions, present ideas to cross-functional teams, and explain operational issue background and root cause to vendors and senior leaders
  • Strong knowledge of incident management, problem management, and change management best-practices
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • A solid understanding of what comprises a scalable, robust, supportable design
  • A belief that standardization and automation is the path to happiness
  • A bias toward action, along with an internal drive for continuous improvement
  • Curiosity. You ask why, you explore, youre not afraid to blurt out your crazy idea. It didnt really kill the cat.
  • No fear. Big, undefined problems and operational issues dont frighten you. You can work at a tiny crack until youve broken open the whole nut and then clearly explain the issue in a manner that people who arent as knowledgeable in your area of expertise can understand.
  • A passion for teamwork
  • Automation skills. You know how to script and automate.
  • Ability to work in a flexible work environment that embraces rapid change, emphasizes continuous learning, and attacks new challenges
  • Ability to adequately discuss technical issues with technicians, engineers, architects and vendors.
  • Experience working in a large geographically dispersed network environment.
  • Ability to work as part of an integrated team that is geographically dispersed, as well as work independently as required.
  • Experience with Linux
  • Familiarity utilizing REST APIs on network devices and management platforms
  • Proficient Python programming skills with object-oriented design principles desired.This position is a DevOps role. As such, periodic late night maintenance work and participation in an on-call rotation will be required.Basic Qualifications:
    • High school diploma, GED or equivalent certification.
    • At least 3 years of experience in an enterprise network.
    • At least 3 years of technical experience in Routing and Switching implementations.Preferred Qualifications:
      • Bachelors degree
      • CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE Data Center Routing and Switching certification.
      • 1+ year of SD-WAN experience.
      • 1+ year of SD-ACCESS experience.
      • 1+ year of programming or scripting experience related to networking utilizing Python or Ansible.
      • 1+ year of Lantronix Out of Band experience.
      • 3+ years of experience in BGP, OSPF, vPC, VXLAN, and ECMP.
      • 3+ years of experience configuring and managing Cisco Catalyst Switches and Cisco ASR and ISR Routers in an enterprise-class network.
      • 4+ 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 for this position. No agencies please. Capital One is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York Citys Fair Chance Act; Philadelphias Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.comCapital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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