Lead Infrastructure Engineer Job at Wells Fargo (ISELIN, New Jersey / CHARLOTTE, North Carolina / IRVING, Texas)

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Wells Fargo

Location:
United States , ISELIN, New Jersey / CHARLOTTE, North Carolina / IRVING, Texas

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

119000.00 - 224000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to join the MQ Engineering team. This role is responsible for engineering enterprise‑scale IBM MQ infrastructure with a strong focus on automation‑first design, modern infrastructure engineering practices, and the use of AI to accelerate infrastructure build, configuration, and evolution. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on infrastructure engineer who uses automation and AI‑assisted engineering tools to design scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure platforms. As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and building a standardized, scalable, and resilient MQ platform. You’ll bring a strategic engineering mindset and deep experience in managing complex enterprise infrastructure. In this role, you will collaborate with other infrastructure teams to architect the platform and empower operations teams by developing robust tooling and automation.

Job Responsibility:

Lead complex initiatives to design, build, and engineer infrastructure solutions supporting mission‑critical business applications
Drive an automation‑first infrastructure engineering strategy, ensuring infrastructure is designed to be programmatically provisioned, configured, and managed
Apply AI‑assisted engineering capabilities to accelerate infrastructure development, including code generation, configuration validation, design analysis, and standardization
Participate in projects to modernize and evolve MQ infrastructure architecture, aligning with target‑state engineering principles
Evaluate internal and external technologies, including AI‑enabled engineering platforms, to support infrastructure build, automation, and architectural goals
Design infrastructure patterns and tooling that reduce manual effort and improve repeatability, reliability, and engineering quality
Design, build, deploy, and maintain infrastructure solutions through collaboration with engineering teams
Design, code, test, debug, and document infrastructure automation and tooling using Agile engineering practices
Make technical decisions related to architecture, automation frameworks, AI usage, implementation plans, and engineering tradeoffs
Identify engineering risks and dependencies early and define mitigation strategies through design and automation
Direct daily risk and control activities, ensuring infrastructure engineering aligns with policies, procedures, and standards
Recommend engineering approaches that improve cost efficiency, scalability, resiliency, and speed of delivery
Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, managers, customers, and vendors to resolve complex engineering challenges

Requirements:

5+ 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
4+ years building and managing enterprise scale infrastructure through automation
3+ years of scripting experience

Nice to have:

Strong understanding of infrastructure architecture, resiliency patterns, security controls, and scalability principles
3+ years of Ansible, Python Experience
Strong understanding of CI/CD
Working knowledge of Prometheus for metrics and observability
Strong understanding of Linux
Experience using AI‑assisted tools or platforms to design, generate, validate, or standardize infrastructure and automation code
Experience mentoring more junior team members

What we offer:

Health benefits
401(k) Plan
Paid time off
Disability benefits
Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
Parental leave
Critical caregiving leave
Discounts and savings
Commuter benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Scholarships for dependent children
Adoption reimbursement

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 13, 2026

Expiration:
March 17, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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