- Wells Fargo is seeking Senior Network Engineer who is deeply passionate about automation and modern deployment practices.
- This role is critical in driving an automation-first culture across the organization, with a strong focus on network automation within data center environments.
- The ideal candidate will contribute to building scalable, programmable infrastructure that supports rapid deployment, configuration consistency, and operational efficiency.
- A key part of the role involves implementing Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and other automation frameworks to streamline data center buildouts and lifecycle management.
- By leveraging automation, the engineer will help accelerate project timelines, reduce manual intervention, and minimize risk. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and is committed to transforming legacy processes into intelligent, automated workflows.
In this role, you will:
- Lead or participate in implementing network security policies across routers and firewalls
- Manage production networks including Internet Protocol backbone, data centers and edge pops across the globe
- Ensure the continuous availability of all data network services
- Identify gaps, risks and issues and navigate organizational structure to resolve them
- Perform quarterly proactive network testing to ensure proper functioning and reliability of the network
- Investigate and remediate network capacity related issues
- Apply knowledge of security and regulatory policies to design and implement foolproof secured network solutions
- Provide resolution information and work with other teams to complete impact analysis
- Deliver comprehensive and maintenance plans for change management review and approval
- Mentor and train network operations team in the installation, configuration, and maintenance
- Partner cross-functionally with other Product Infrastructure teams in order to continuously improve and apply standards and policies relevant to operational excellence
Job Expectation:
- Lead the review, resolution, and implementation of complex technical issues related to large-scale network infrastructure, automation platforms, and data systems.
- Design and implement scalable network automation solutions using tools like Nautobot, Ansible, and Python, ensuring alignment with business and operational goals.
- Develop and integrate APIs to automate network provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting across multi-vendor environments.
- Create and utilize diagnostic, simulation, and orchestration tools to maintain, troubleshoot, and restore service or data to network systems.
- Evaluate and optimize automation workflows, including parsing queries, extracting data, and performing limited programming to fine-tune supported systems.
- Research performance trends and recommend process improvements to enhance automation efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
- Perform complex migrations, upgrades, installations, and configurations of network automation platforms and supporting infrastructure.
- Make strategic decisions in security and compliance to design and implement robust, secure, and auditable network automation solutions.
- Assess changes for risk to production systems, ensuring quality, security, and compliance requirements are met across supported areas.
- Identify gaps in current network and automation processes, recommending changes to support Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and operational excellence.
- Collaborate and consult with cross-functional teams, including network engineers, software developers, and managers, to resolve issues and achieve automation goals.
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years of Network Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Additional Required Skills:
- Develop Automation scripts using Python, Ansible. YAML
- Leverage Python REST APIs to develop Zero Touch provisioning
- Have used Ansible Tower, GitHub, Gi Actions, CI/CD-tools
- Exposure to Data Center/Service provider networking Expertise in Network Protocols- OSPF BGP, MPLS, L3VPN, EVPN, VxLAN Knowledge on Cloud Networking would be a plus.
- Have worked in /Agile methodologies and tools Serum and JIRA
- Communicate and help grow an automation community across the organization.
- Mentor and upskill our juniors and interns. provide opportunities for growth
- Good Social, Oral and Written communications skills are preferred
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $2.1 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 once again ranked in the top three – making us the #1 financial services employer – on the 2025 LinkedIn Top Companies list of best workplaces “to grow your career” in the U.S. 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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