Network Engineer ; DNS | DHCP | IPAM

Network Engineer 5 (DNS | DHCP | IPAM)### Network Engineer 5 (DNS | DHCP | IPAM)
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Network Engineer 5 (DNS | DHCP | IPAM)
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
** Network Engineers (DDI)
** who are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge open source frameworks and emerging technologies to join our team. As a Network Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation across Capital  this Senior Manager-level Individual Contributor (IC) role, you will serve as a technical driver spearheading our strategic transformation away from a legacy, monolithic appliance infrastructure (Infoblox) toward a modern, modular, Open Source Software (OSS) and Cloud-native DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) platform ecosystem.
* This position is a Dev Net role. As such, periodic late-night maintenance work and participation in an on-call rotation will be required.
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* What You’ll Do:

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* * Partner with Platform Development to Steer Strategy:
Collaborate with the Platform Development lead to shape the overall DDI platform roadmap, ensuring software/engine builds align directly with tenant enablement requirements, self-service consumption models, and practical migration paths.
* Lead the Phased OSS Migration:
Own the enablement and execution strategy to decouple and transition services from Infoblox into a distributed OSS model
* Champion Developer Experience & Self-Service:
Define and advocate for the  golden paths  of DDI consumption. Enable internal product engineering teams to provision and manage DNS/IPAM resources autonomously via APIs, CI/CD integrations, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
* Lead POC Validation & Tenant Fit:
Direct technical bake-offs and Proof of Concept (POC) validation efforts, evaluating candidate tools not just on raw features, but on scalability, tenant onboarding friction, operational supportability, and automation readiness.
* Lead POC Validation & Tenant Fit:
Direct technical bake-offs and Proof of Concept (POC) validation efforts, evaluating candidate tools not just on raw features, but on scalability, tenant onboarding friction, operational supportability, and automation readiness.
* Cross-Functional Technical Influence:
Provide technical direction to engineers across both enablement and consumer teams. Represent the DDI platform in architecture review boards, security alignment sessions, and tenant intake forums.
* Automation:
Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Dev Ops best practices to ensure scalable, automated infrastructure deployment.
* Architect and Design end-to-end connectivity systems with associated security and operational frameworks
* Utilize software development practices to structure and design how upstream systems (e.g. deployment automation) will interact with running systems and build out end-state configuration frameworks that are software adapted for deploy, change, and maintenance
* Define and drive standards needed for implementation across vendor platforms, cloud environments and in-house software
* Define implementation patterns for all protocol frameworks needed at COF across our campus, WAN/SD-WAN, Colocation facilities, DCs cloud and SaaS fronted services
* Own the architecture and lifecycle of enterprise and cloud network ecosystems, spanning connectivity, security, and automation layers
* Develop and enforce design standards and best practices for…