Capital One
Network Engineer 5
$209K–$262K
Plano, TX +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Plano, TX
McLean, VA - Experience
- At least 8 years in network engineering or management of network systems; at least 8 years for routing protocols, network encapsulation technologies, physical network devices, and network infrastructure design, implementation, and maintenance.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or at least 8 years of experience in network engineering, including management of network systems.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or provide immigration-related support for this position.
About the job
Architects and operates enterprise and cloud network ecosystems, setting standards for secure connectivity, automation, reliability, and incident response.
What you'll do
- Design end-to-end connectivity systems, security frameworks, and configuration automation.
- Define network implementation patterns and standards across vendor platforms, cloud, campus, WAN/SD-WAN, colocation, and data centers.
- Lead incident response and reliability improvements; partner with Cloud, Security, and SRE teams on observability and automation.
What they ask 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 and designing, implementing, and maintaining network infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience leveraging AI-driven tooling to automate network operations, improve reliability and performance, or optimize capacity and cost.
- Professional certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, JNCIP or AWS Advanced Networking Specialty.
Pay
USD $229,900 - $262,400 annual base salary (McLean, VA); USD $209,000 - $238,500 annual base salary (Plano, TX)
Tools
BGP, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Kubernetes, CCNP Enterprise, JNCIP
AI focus
Preferred experience using AI-driven tooling to automate network operations, improve network reliability and performance, or optimize capacity and cost.
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