# Cloud Engineer 5

**Company**: Capital One
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $229,900 - $262,400 for Cloud Engineer 5 (McLean, VA), $250,800 - $286,200 for Cloud Engineer 5 (New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA), $209,000 - $238,500 for Cloud Engineer 5 (Richmond, VA)
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our team at Capital One. As a Cloud Engineer, you will lead the adoption and responsible use of emerging AI and automation capabilities to improve the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of cloud platforms and engineering workflows.

Responsibilities:

- Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in scalable cloud infrastructure to create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company

- Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, mentoring other members of the engineering community

- Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment

- Utilize programming languages like Java, Scala, Python, Go, and Node.js, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of cloud provider tools and services

- Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, shaping system architecture and long-term technology direction

- Drive end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale, distributed, or cloud-native systems with high reliability and performance requirements

- Partner with architects and product leaders to define platform roadmaps and shared services strategy

- Proactively identify areas for improvement and contribute to efforts that ensure well-managed cloud solutions

- Influence long-term technology strategy through evaluation of emerging tools and practices in a ‘you build it, you own it’ environment

- Integrate risk awareness into daily work, proactively considering potential issues related to cybersecurity, regulatory compliance (OBL, SOX), audits, and change management

- Lead complex design and implementation efforts for distributed or cloud-native systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)

- At least 7 years of experience in software engineering

- At least 2 years of experience in cloud engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

- 8+ years of experience in coding with at least one of the following: Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js

- 4+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI)

- 4+ years of experience in CI/CD orchestration, Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Crossplane), and Automated Governance using Policy-as-Code DSLs (e.g. OPA)

- One or more active certifications related to cloud infrastructure management or security

- Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native patterns (e.g., Kubernetes, Serverless)

- Experience designing and supporting cloud networking, security and identity integrations

- Experience troubleshooting and supporting production cloud environments

- Experience leveraging AI-driven tooling to automate cloud operations, improve platform reliability, or optimize infrastructure performance and cost

- Experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts or large-scale technical initiatives

- Experience influencing technology strategy at the portfolio or business unit level

Benefits:

- Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- Scala
- Python
- Go
- Node.js
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Pulumi
- Crossplane
- OPA
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- OCI

### Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science
- 8+ years of experience in coding
- 4+ years of experience with public cloud platforms
- CI/CD orchestration
- Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks
- Automated Governance using Policy-as-Code DSLs
- cloud infrastructure management or security certifications
- distributed systems
- microservices
- cloud-native patterns
- cloud networking
- security and identity integrations
- troubleshooting and supporting production cloud environments
- AI-driven tooling
- leading cross-functional engineering efforts
- influencing technology strategy

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