Principal Engineer – Network, WAN, LAN & Cloud Edge Job at Wells Fargo (Irving)

Job Description

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of enterprise WAN and LAN connectivity services. This role is responsible for end-to-end lifecycle ownership, including planning, solution development, design, configuration, and integration of next-generation network technologies. The scope includes, but is not limited to, LAN and WAN architectures, MPLS and VPN connectivity, SD-WAN, SD-Access, WLAN, third-party connectivity, and voice services. The engineer will define and drive the strategic roadmap for Wells Fargo's global network infrastructure, ensuring alignment with business priorities across corporate and external sites in both domestic and international locations. In this role, the engineer will evaluate and recommend modern network technologies and architectures to enhance scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency, while aligning solutions with Secure by Design principles. This position sits within the Innovation and Transformation team in Secure Network Services, part of the Cyber Security organization.

Job Responsibility

Established network technology strategies and roadmaps that align network services with business needs and infrastructure priorities
Provide strategic network engineering guidance for critical non-network infrastructure and business efforts
Develop and obtain project approval and funding. Identify stake holders and form project teams and leads. Conduct pilot and recommend go/no go decision based on defined success criteria
Identify emerging/new products and technologies required to support new business request (requiring new features) or to fill gaps with current deployed network technologies
Lead efforts to test and evaluate IT vendor products. Recommend vendor and product selections, and new network architecture for building sites in the United States and international locations
Establish success criteria for Develop and participate in Proof of concepts (POC) at vendor sites for new products and services
Troubleshoot and resolve the most complex network issues
Provide expert level network design and debugging services to development teams. Work closely with project managers and developers to implement reliable, manageable, and secure solutions for external connections
Identify network performance issues, interpret trends, and network traffic patterns, provide traffic analysis, and implement improvements
Assist with strategic capacity planning efforts for adopting new technologies
Facilitate network traffic, security, systems monitoring and related discussions with IT and business managers
Train and mentor staff. Conduct formal training sessions, one-on-one sessions, and recommend training vendors
Identify opportunities to automate manual system tasks
Thoroughly understand and comply with IT policies and procedures, especially those for quality and productivity standards that enable the team to meet established client service levels. Thoroughly understand and comply with Information Security policies and procedures
Research and document industry best practices and trends
Participate in special projects and perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements

7+ years of Network WAN and LAN connectivity services experience or combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of technical design experience
5+ years of network or network security design experience

Nice to have

CCIE or equivalent preferred
Expert knowledge of enterprise networks (L2/L3, BGP/EVPN, DC fabrics, SD‑WAN, SASE, firewalls, LB, DNS/DHCP/IPAM), cloud networking (Azure/AWS/GCP: VNet/VPC, Transit, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute) and routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, and BGP)
Expert knowledge in configuring and operating Cisco Routers and switches including ISR, ASR, and Catalyst platforms
Hands-on experience with Cisco Meraki or Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Experience with telemetry & tooling: SNMP, NetFlow/IPFIX/sFlow, syslog, streaming telemetry (gNMI/NETCONF/RESTCONF), synthetic monitoring, path analytics, and topology
Automation and integration skills: Python, Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD, REST APIs, webhooks, event pipelines
Strong grasp of SRE principles (SLIs/SLOs/error budgets), reliability and resilience (RTO/RPO, DR, chaos engineering)
Excellent communication and technical writing skills
Ability to define business requirements and align them with tooling strategy
Ability to translate complex technical needs into clear, actionable collaboration
Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities

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

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