About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a talented Principal Engineer with experience managing enterprise-class virtualization platforms, server engineering, and automating related on-premises hosting services. In this role you will be tasked as a technical leader to guide multiple teams of engineers to automate and modernize our compute platform.

In this role, you will:

Lead in high level technical concepts spanning technology and business

Develop specifications for complex infrastructure systems, design and test solutions

Contribute to the testing of business, applications and technical infrastructure requirements

Drive solutions to reduce recovery time of outages

Review and analyze solutions for security, secrets management and key rotations

Design, code, test, debug and document programs using Agile development practices

Design and automate complex system upgrades using best practices

Identify and resolve troublesome trends as they develop

Develop a long-range plan designed to resolve problems and prevent them from recurring

Direct the daily risk and control flow of operations, focusing on policies, procedures and work standards to ensure success

Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Collaborate with product owners to develop a comprehensive roadmap for products and services being offered

Collaborate with peers to define and prioritize backlogs

Collaborate across teams and departments to align technical efforts with goals

Make recommendations to leadership concerning priority of deliverables

Partner with vendors to evaluate new product offerings

Make recommendations to management on vendor product offerings

Influence technical culture and promote best practices, quality, and efficient execution

Mediate technical conflicts to resolve complex escalations

Analyze and make recommendations of capacity needs for the infrastructure

Serve as a subject matter expert for all product offerings and services

Provide high-level architectural decisions and establish technical standards

Identify opportunities to reuse technology avoiding duplication

Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Participate in hiring and building high-performing engineering teams

Mentor, train, and foster growth within the engineering teams

Oversee the technical aspects of projects from conception to completion, ensuring quality and alignment with goals.

Required Qualifications:

7+years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent, demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

7+ years of Distributed Infrastructure and/or related IT Infrastructure experience

7+ years of experience working with products related to the Automation of Virtualization, Server Infrastructure, Converged/Hyper-Converged hosting.

Desired Qualifications:

Experience with Hypervisors: VMware, Nutanix, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

Experience with software defined networks and load balancers: NSX, AVI

Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift container platforms

Experience with public cloud infrastructure: AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure

Scripting and/or automation experience: Python, Ansible, PowerShell

Operating Systems Knowledge:?Windows, Linux

Experience leading or supporting the design, evaluation, and implementation of complex infrastructure hosting solutions and capabilities

Experience working in agile product teams in a highly regulated financial services industry

Experience with converged and/or hyper-converged infrastructure solutions at-scale in a large enterprise

Experience with virtualization and virtual hosting technologies and administration

Experience mentoring high-performing engineers

Experience with taking software/hardware products and services from inception to customer delivery

Proven experience transforming to and/or managing infrastructure functions in a product model construct, which would include participation in product roadmap planning and feature/backlog prioritization

Languages:?Python, bash, PowerShell and integrating with API's

Skilled in automation to include familiarity with VMWare Aria/VRA, Nutanix Calm, OpenShift Virtualization, Ansible, and other similar products

Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code delivery and management

Familiarity with Cloud hosting concepts and operating models

Expert knowledge and understanding of technologies related to infrastructure engineering

Ability to help remediate tough technical support issues

Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

Strong organizational skills

Ability to work independently and as part of team on multiple overlapping projects

Ability to operate effectively in a geographically dispersed organization.

Customer focused, service-oriented attitude.

Job Expectations:

Ability to work additional hours as needed

This position offers a hybrid work schedule

This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Relocation assistance in not available for this position

Telecommuting is not an option for this position.

Posting End Date:

25 Mar 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/diversity/disability-inclusion/) .

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/wells-fargo-drug-and-alcohol-policy) to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

Req Number: R-517184