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The Role
Leads governance, architecture, risk reduction, compliance, roadmap planning, and technical standards for enterprise virtualization and distributed infrastructure. Guides engineering teams in designing, testing, upgrading, and automating complex hosting systems. Oversees outage recovery, capacity planning, vendor evaluations, security controls, project delivery, and technical escalations while mentoring engineers and communicating with technical and business stakeholders.
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About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a talented Principal Engineer with experience overseeing governance for an enterprise-class on-premises virtualization platform. In this role you will be tasked as a technical leader to guide multiple teams of engineers to design solutions that reduce risk and ensure compliancy within policy and standards.
In this role, you will:
1 Sep 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. 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.
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 Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
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.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
#BI-Hybrid
Wells Fargo is seeking a talented Principal Engineer with experience overseeing governance for an enterprise-class on-premises virtualization platform. In this role you will be tasked as a technical leader to guide multiple teams of engineers to design solutions that reduce risk and ensure compliancy within policy and standards.
In this role, you will:
- Lead in high level technical concepts spanning technology and business
- Ensure engineering teams deliver solutions that comply with policy and standards
- Develop specifications for complex infrastructure systems, design and test solutions
- Contribute to the testing of business, applications and technical infrastructure requirements
- Drive solutions to reduce recovery time of outages
- Review and analyze solutions for security, secrets management and key rotations
- Design complex system upgrades using best practices
- Identify and resolve troublesome trends as they develop
- Develop a long-range plan designed to resolve problems and prevent them from recurring
- Direct the daily risk and control flow of operations, focusing on policies, procedures and work standards to ensure success
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
- Collaborate with product owners to develop a comprehensive roadmap for products and services being offered
- Collaborate with peers to define and prioritize backlogs
- Collaborate across teams and departments to align technical efforts with goals
- Make recommendations to leadership concerning priority of deliverables
- Partner with vendors to evaluate new product offerings
- Make recommendations to management on vendor product offerings
- Influence technical culture and promote best practices, quality, and efficient execution
- Mediate technical conflicts to resolve complex escalations
- Analyze and make recommendations of capacity needs for the infrastructure
- Serve as a subject matter expert for all product offerings and services
- Provide high-level architectural decisions and establish technical standards
- Identify opportunities to reuse technology avoiding duplication
- Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Participate in hiring and building high-performing engineering teams
- Mentor, train, and foster growth within the engineering teams
- Oversee the technical aspects of projects from conception to completion, ensuring quality and alignment with goals
- 7+ 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
- 7+ years of Distributed Infrastructure and/or related IT Infrastructure experience
- 7+ years of experience working with products related to the Automation of Virtualization, Server Infrastructure, Converged/Hyper-Converged hosting, or Software Defined Networking.
- Experience with Hypervisors: VMware, Nutanix, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
- Experience with software defined networks and load balancers: NSX, AVI
- Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift container platforms
- Experience with public cloud infrastructure: AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
- Scripting and/or automation experience: Python, Ansible, PowerShell
- Operating Systems Knowledge: Windows, Linux
- Experience leading or supporting the design, evaluation, and implementation of complex infrastructure hosting solutions and capabilities.
- Experience working in agile product teams in a highly regulated financial services industry.
- Experience with converged and/or hyper-converged infrastructure solutions at-scale in a large enterprise.
- Experience with virtualization and virtual hosting technologies and administration.
- Experience mentoring high-performing engineers.
- Experience with taking software/hardware products and services from inception to customer delivery.
- Experience transforming to and/or managing infrastructure functions in a product model construct, which would include participation in product roadmap planning and feature/backlog prioritization.
- Languages: Python, bash, PowerShell and integrating with API's
- Skilled in automation to include familiarity with VMWare Aria/VRA, Nutanix Calm, OpenShift Virtualization, NSX, Ansible, Terraform, and other similar products.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code delivery and management.
- Familiarity with Cloud hosting concepts and operating models.
- Expert knowledge and understanding of technologies related to infrastructure engineering.
- Ability to help remediate tough technical support issues.
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of team on multiple overlapping projects.
- Ability to operate effectively in a geographically dispersed organization.
- Customer focused, service-oriented attitude.
- Ability to work additional hours as needed
- This position offers a hybrid work schedule
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
- Relocation assistance in not available for this position
- Telecommuting is not an option for this position
1 Sep 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. 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.
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 Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
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.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
#BI-Hybrid
Skills Required
- 7+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent work experience, training, military experience, or education
- 7+ years of Distributed Infrastructure and/or related IT Infrastructure experience
- 7+ years of experience with automation of virtualization, server infrastructure, converged or hyper-converged hosting, or software-defined networking products
- Experience with VMware, Nutanix, or Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization hypervisors
- Experience with software-defined networks and load balancers, including NSX or AVI
- Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift container platforms
- Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure infrastructure
- Scripting or automation experience with Python, Ansible, or PowerShell
- Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems
- Experience designing, evaluating, and implementing complex infrastructure hosting solutions
- Experience working in agile product teams in a regulated financial services industry
- Experience with converged or hyper-converged infrastructure at scale in a large enterprise
- Experience with virtualization and virtual hosting technologies and administration
- Experience mentoring high-performing engineers
- Experience taking software or hardware products and services from inception to customer delivery
- Experience with infrastructure product roadmaps, feature prioritization, and backlog management
- Experience integrating Python, Bash, or PowerShell with APIs
- Experience with VMware Aria or VRA, Nutanix Calm, OpenShift Virtualization, NSX, Ansible, or Terraform
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code delivery and management
- Familiarity with cloud hosting concepts and operating models
- Expert knowledge of infrastructure engineering technologies
- Ability to remediate complex technical support issues
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple overlapping projects
- Ability to work independently and in geographically dispersed teams
- Customer-focused, service-oriented attitude
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The Company
What We Do
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $2.2 trillion in assets. We provide a diversified set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth & Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 33 on Fortune’s 2025 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Our technology professionals drive innovation, information security, and big data analytics while maintaining a network that handles more than 12 billion customer interactions a year. Join us! Are you looking for more? Find it here. At Wells Fargo, we're more than a financial services leader – we’re a global trailblazer committed to driving innovation, empowering communities, and helping our customers succeed. We believe that a meaningful career is much more than just a job – it’s about finding all of the elements to help you thrive, in one place. Living the Well Life means you’re supported in life, not just work. It means having robust benefits, competitive compensation, and programs designed to help you find work-life balance and well-being. You’ll be rewarded for investing in your community, celebrated for being your authentic self, and empowered to grow. And we’re recognized for it — Wells Fargo continues to rank on the LinkedIn Top Companies lists of best workplaces “to grow your career.” 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. © 2026 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC.
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