Wells Fargo · 5 hours ago
Principal Infrastructure Engineer
IRVING, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expWells 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 act as a technical leader to guide multiple teams of engineers in automating and modernizing the compute platform.
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechInsurancePayments
No H1B
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Company
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is a financial services firm that provides banking, insurance, investments, and mortgage services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1978-10-06IPO
Leadership Team
Charlie Scharf
CEO
Fernando Rivas
CEO of Corporate & Investment Banking
Recent News
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