Senior Cloud Engineer (GCP/AWS)

Capital One - Petersburg, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Petersburg, VA

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About the position

The Senior Cloud Engineer at Capital One will play a crucial role in advancing the enterprise directory strategy for the Identity and Access Management organization. This position involves developing, engineering, deploying, and supporting comprehensive solutions tailored to clients' unique requirements related to identity and directory services. The engineer will also focus on automating tasks and processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, and ensuring high availability of services in a hybrid cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and support a highly complex, enterprise-level Active Directory service in a hybrid on-premises and cloud-hosted environment.
• Manage enterprise identity cloud directories including Microsoft Azure AD, AWS Microsoft AD, and Google Cloud Domain Directory.
• Translate business needs into workable technology solutions that meet the needs of internal customers.
• Participate in or lead troubleshooting and incident resolution of complex high severity incidents.
• Develop automated solutions using scripts and cloud-based server-less computing platforms.
• Develop detailed architecture, standards, design, and implementation documentation.
• Analyze the current Directory Services environment to identify both technical and operational opportunities and develop continuous improvement action plans.
• Participate in disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance monitoring and maintenance to ensure high availability.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification
• At least 3 years of experience in Active Directory engineering, security and administration
• At least 1 year of experience in Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS)
• At least 1 year of experience in Windows security, delegation of permissions, or group policy management
• At least 1 year of experience in Windows Server
• At least 1 year of experience in developing scripts in PowerShell, VBScript, JavaScript or Python

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Security, Engineering or Mathematics
• 3+ years of experience in Identity Platforms such as Ping, Okta, or Radiant Logic
• 4+ years of experience in Azure or Google cloud platforms
• 4+ years of experience in PowerShell for automation and management within an Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, or Google Directory environment (automating deployment of EC2 in AWS)
• 2+ years of experience in Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipeline deployments
• 2+ years of experience in Terraform or CloudFormation Templates proficiency

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Financial benefits
• Inclusive set of benefits supporting total well-being