Principal Engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking Principal Engineers join our dynamic team at Wells Fargo. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com. 

Wells Fargo has a wide variety of environments from bare-metal, laaS, PaaS, and isolated setups distributed globally. As a Principal Engineer, you will play a crucial role in setting technical direction, providing technical leadership, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex projects. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to drive the development of cutting-edge technologies, mentor engineers, and contribute to our company's technical vision and strategy.

You will need to anticipate potential obstacles and manage escalations. There will be no perfect decision, requiring making tradeoffs and balancing business needs with technical constraints to arrive at the best solution. You are expected to possess the ability to break down large and complex projects into manageable tasks, create functional specifications, and ensure their successful and timely completion. The ideal candidate can differentiate between important and urgent matters, identify the best way forward from various scenarios, and gain the trust of stakeholders and end users.

In this role, you will:

• Foster a culture of technical excellence and innovation, driving continuous improvement initiatives and promoting the adoption of emerging technologies.
• Lead and manage the technical delivery of enterprise-level infrastructure projects, ensuring adherence to architectural design principals, security standards, and project timelines.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, acting as the primary technical point of contact for project-related communications and escalations.

​Required:

• 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 enterprise infrastructure technologies, including virtualization, networking, storage, and security.
• 7+ years with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tools (Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Salt)
• 7+ years experience public cloud (Azure/GCP) with hands-on experience in deploying and managing applications in the cloud.

Desired:

• 3+ years Docker, Kubernetes and PCF. Managing high availability and efficient deployment of cloud-native applications.
• 7+ years of delivery experience with a proven track record of success
• 7+ skills in automation, scripting, and infrastructure as code.
• Expertise in designing complex, distributed, and scalable enterprise level applications.
• Hands on experience creating and managing automated OS image builds with tools such as Packr or Image Builder.
• Strong expertise in VMWare HCX and ESXi for efficient workload migration across different environments
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools, such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, etc.
• Experience with GitOps principles and tools, such as Git, Flux, or ArgoCD, for managing infrastructure and application deployments.
• Proficiency in API gateways, such as Kong or Apigee, for managing and securing APIs.
• Knowledge of Service Mesh technologies, such as Istio, Linkerd, or Consul, for microservices communication and observability.

Job Expectations:

• This position requires working in a hybrid environment
• There is no visa sponsorship available for this position. 

Pay Range

$144,400.00 - $300,000.00

Posting End Date:

23 Apr 2024

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Diversity

At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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 US: 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.

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.