About This Role

The Enterprise Functions Technology (EFT) group provides technology solutions and support for Risk, Audit, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Corporate Properties, and Stakeholder Relations business lines. In addition, EFT provides unique technology solutions and innovation for Wells Fargo Technology, Enterprise Shared Services, and Enterprise Data Management. This combined portfolio of applications and tools are continually engineered to meet the challenges of stability, security, scalability, and speed.

The Cloud Enablement team, within the Cloud and Infrastructure Engineering organization, accelerates cloud adoption across the EFT portfolio by providing expert consulting, solution design, engineering support, and reusable enablement assets. The team designs, builds, and optimizes cloud infrastructure while developing tools, training, documentation, and best practices that empower developers to build, deploy, and operate cloud-native applications with confidence. Through standardization, automation, and knowledge sharing, the team strengthens a “you build it, you run it” operating model and helps reduce friction for application teams.

In This Role, You Will

Lead complex cloud modernization and platform engineering initiatives from strategy through execution
Provide deep expertise in public cloud, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and automation across the EFT portfolio
Drive modernization, innovation, and operational excellence with AI-enabled and agentic solutions.
Guide cloud adoption by advising on architecture, reusable solution patterns, cross-functional process alignment, and automation strategy.
Enable scalable delivery through strong technical leadership and practical execution
Decompose complex features into actionable stories for contractors and junior team members, enabling scalable delivery
Mentor contractors and junior team members

This role is ideal for a hands-on engineering leader who understands infrastructure complexity across all common target platforms (VM, Containers, AWS, Azure, GCP) and is motivated to remove barriers through scalable automation, practical solutions, and a developer-focused approach.

Required Qualifications

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of experience integrating container and cloud workflows with CICD
3+ years of platform engineering experience on either/or GCP, Azure, AWS
3+ years of experience designing, coding and supporting cloud infrastructure with Terraform
3+ years of experience designing and coding Ansible roles
1+ years of experience designing, deploying, and supporting scale application on Kubernetes
1+ years of experience with Podman/Docker, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, and/or GKS
1+ years of experience with VM Linux and Windows virtualization

Desired Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
Experience with observability and monitoring platforms and site reliability engineering (SRE) practices
Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and context engineering, including MLOps and LLMOps frameworks for observability, evaluation, and human-in-the-loop interactions
Experience designing APIs (e.g., REST/GraphQL), including data contracts, authentication/authorization, and error handling
Familiarity with vulnerability management, remediation, patch management, SSL certificates, PKI, or compliance processes, and tools such as Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, SCCM/MECM, WSUS, or Red Hat Satellite
Financial services industry experience
Proven ability to influence and build trust across organizational boundaries, with strong executive presence
Excellent communication and presentation skills across technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrated ability to identify manual processes and implement automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and platform reliability
Certification(s) in Cloud Computing, Platform Engineering or other relevant area

Job Expectations

Position must be located in a listed location on the Job requisition
Minimum 3 days/week in office requirement

Posting End Date

30 Oct 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.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment And Hiring Requirements

Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

Reference Number

R-582091-2

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