Principal Engineer, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Location:
United States, Iselin

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

191000.00 - 305000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer with deep expertise in Linux and compute platforms to help modernize our virtual and physical server environments into a scalable, automated platform. This individual will play a critical role in transforming how infrastructure is provisioned, hardened, and maintained—enabling consistency, speed, and resilience across the Wealth & Investment Management (WIM) technology landscape.

Job Responsibility:

Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups
Lead the modernization of compute platforms, designing automated build and provisioning frameworks that support both virtualized and physical infrastructure, particularly focused on Linux
Leverage existing enterprise tools and automation pipelines to deliver infrastructure as code, compliance by default, and repeatable deployment workflows
Partner closely with enterprise engineering and platform teams to ensure business-specific requirements are represented and integrated into shared solutions
Act as a technical expert and advisor to application teams, helping map workload needs to fit-for-purpose compute solutions
Develop reusable templates, hardened images, and compliance-aligned configurations to support rapid, secure deployment across environments
Continuously improve platform reliability, scalability, and observability using modern toolchains and proactive issue detection

Requirements:

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
7+ years of hands-on engineering experience in Linux systems, virtualization, and infrastructure automation

Nice to have:

Proven success in designing and delivering modern compute platforms in large, regulated enterprise environments
Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Chef, Ansible, Terraform, or similar frameworks
Experience a plus working in hybrid environments, including physical hardware, VMs, and containers (e.g., OpenShift/Kubernetes)
Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to navigate matrixed organizations to drive outcomes

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:
August 19, 2025

Expiration:
August 31, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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