About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer for Backbone and Internal Hosting. The skills for this position are critical to build and deliver a successful plan and service offering taking the organization to the target state.
In this role, you will:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
Job Expectations:
Locations:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer for Backbone and Internal Hosting. The skills for this position are critical to build and deliver a successful plan and service offering taking the organization to the target state.
In this role, you will:
- 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 strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking
- Translate advanced technology experience, an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, the enterprise technological environment, the organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
- Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
- Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
- Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
Required Qualifications:
- 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 Network Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 5+ years of technical documentation experience
- 5+ years of programming and scripting skills: e.g Python, Perl, Ansible, Terraform
Desired Qualifications:
- 3+ years of Network Security experience.
- 3+ years of experience with cloud environments
- Prior experience in a principal, architect, or lead engineer capacity preferred
- Relevant certifications (e.g CCIE, JNCIE) preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Experience with information security and risk management including policy and standards, information security assessment, security best practices, and mitigation solution design and implementation
- Strategic planning experience in translating leadership vision into executable strategies and initiatives
- Financial Services experience
- Strong leadership skills
Job Expectations:
- This position offers a hybrid work schedule
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
- 5% travel or less
Locations:
- 300 S Brevard St. - Charlotte, North Carolina
- 2600 S Price Rd. - Chandler, Arizona
- 401 Las Colinas Blvd W Bldg A, Irving, TX
Top Skills
Ansible
Perl
Python
Terraform
Wells Fargo Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Office
355 W Martin Luther King, Jr BLVD, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28202
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