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# Senior Lead Software Engineer, DevOps

- **Company:** Capital One Financial Corporation
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $229,900.0 - $262,400.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Unix, DevOps, Perl (Programming Language), Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Ruby, SQL Databases, Zabbix, Scripting, Google Cloud, Containerization, Kubernetes, Splunk, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** September 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/D15EAA8ACB0248139424BC1A2FFAA2A4/job/

## About the Role

* 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, * 9+ years of DevOps Engineering experience
 * 6+ years of experience with coding and scripting (Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Golang, Bash, Perl or Ruby)
 * 4+ years of experience in infrastructure design, implementation and delivery
 * 3+ years of experience with monitoring tools (Splunk or Zabbix)
 * 3+ years of experience with Container orchestration services including Docker or Kubernetes
 * 3+ years of experience working with Agile Development Practices
 * Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

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.



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