Lead Software Engineer (DevOps/SRE)

Company Description

Jobs for Humanity is partnering with Capital One to build an inclusive and just employment ecosystem. Therefore, we prioritize individuals coming from the following communities: Refugee, Neurodivergent, Single Parent, Blind or Low Vision, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Military Veterans, the Elderly, the LGBTQ, and Justice Impacted individuals. This position is open to candidates who reside in and have the legal right to work in the country where the job is located.

Company Name: Capital One

Job Description

West Creek 6 (12076), United States of America, Richmond, Virginia

Lead Software Engineer (DevOps/SRE)

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 Lead DevOps Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One.

What You’ll Do:

1. Lead technical initiatives and problem solving in the DevOps space to drive the transformation of software delivery practices across 30+ application teams and 100+ applications.
2. Engage with internal customers, creating a path towards their destination architecture, and maximizing the efficiency, performance, and scalability of their applications.
3. Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community.
4. Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment.
5. Leverage programming languages (Python, Golang) and AWS Services (ECS, Fargate) to enable the deployment of distributed systems with a focus on high scalability, availability, and performance.

Basic Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree
2. At least 6 years of experience in DevOps Engineering (Internship experience does not apply)
3. At least 3 years of experience in Cloud Native technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
4. At least 4 years of Unix or Linux system administration experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. 7+ years of DevOps Engineering experience
2. 4+ years of experience with coding and scripting (Python, Java, JavaScript, Golang, Bash, Perl or Ruby)
3. 2+ years of experience with container orchestration services including Docker or Kubernetes
4. 2+ years of experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
5. 2+ years of experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
6. 2+ years of experience working with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Gitlab CI, TeamCity, Circle CI)
7. 2+ years of experience with database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB)
8. 2+ years of experience with deploying distributed web services
9. 2+ years of experience working within Agile Development Practices
10. 1+ years of experience with monitoring and observability tools (Splunk, New Relic, Datadog, ELK, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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 committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable 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.

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