Senior Cloud Engineer (GCP/AWS)

$165,100 - $188,500/Yr

Capital One - McLean, VA

Full-time - Senior

McLean, VA

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About the position

Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding. Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good. Capital One is looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to help drive the enterprise directory strategy forward for the Identity and Access Management organization. This role will be responsible for developing, engineering, deploying, and supporting comprehensive solutions based on a client's unique and complex requirements and problems as they relate to identity and directory services. The Senior Cloud Engineer will also be responsible for identifying opportunities for the automation of tasks, processes, or entire solutions and acting on them, as well as identifying any opportunities for improvement in the environment. The ideal candidate will analyze, design, and support a highly complex, enterprise-level Active Directory service in a hybrid on-premises and cloud-hosted environment. They will manage enterprise identity cloud directories including Microsoft Azure AD, AWS Microsoft AD, and Google Cloud Domain Directory. The candidate will translate business needs into workable technology solutions that meet the needs of internal customers and participate in or lead troubleshooting and incident resolution of complex high-severity incidents. Additionally, they will develop automated solutions using scripts and cloud-based server-less computing platforms, and create detailed architecture, standards, design, and implementation documentation. The role also involves analyzing the current Directory Services environment to identify both technical and operational opportunities and developing continuous improvement action plans. Participation in disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and maintenance to ensure high availability is also expected.

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 5 years of experience in Active Directory engineering, security and administration
• At least 3 years of experience in Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS)
• At least 3 years of experience in Windows security, delegation of permissions, or group policy management
• At least 3 years of experience in Windows Server
• At least 2 years 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 including performance-based incentives
• Inclusive set of benefits supporting total well-being