Senior Lead Software Engineer, DevOps (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering)

Company: Capital One
Location: Mc Lean
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

Senior Lead Software Engineer, DevOps (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering) Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking DevOps Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies to join our team. As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One. 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. As a Capital One Senior Lead of Software Engineering in Cloud Runtimes, you’ll play a leading role in delivering the latest AWS/Cloud Infrastructure capabilities for use across the enterprise. You’ll bring solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies such as containers, Terraform, AWS CDK, Kubernetes, ECS, durable workflow execution, continuous reconciliation, and polyglot programming to bear in delivering platforms for infrastructure management. You’ll explore how to leverage GenAI and advanced automation techniques to reduce or eliminate infrastructure failures that impact the availability of customer-facing web and mobile applications. You will: Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across full-stack development tools and technologies Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity Work across boundaries to improve the velocity of your and other teams Lead efforts to enable and simplify the use of new and existing AWS services Work with product managers to understand desired application and platform capabilities and testing scenarios Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree At least 6 years of experience in DevOps Engineering (Internship experience does not apply) At least 4 years of experience with Cloud Native technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform) At least 6 years of Unix or Linux system administration experience Preferred Qualifications: Master’s Degree At least 10 years of experience in DevOps Engineering At least 5 years of experience in infrastructure design, implementation and delivery At least 3 years of experience in Agile practices At least 3 years of experience with monitoring tools (OTel or Grafana) AWS and CNCF certifications Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. 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: $229,900 - $262,400 for Sr. Lead Software Engineer Richmond, VA: $209,000 - $238,500 for Sr. Lead Software Engineer Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter. This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan. Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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 City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s 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.com Capital 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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