Wells Fargo is seeking a Systems Operations Engineer.
In this role, you will:
- Participate in complex technical issues and initiatives related to large scale applications, systems, databases, or other technical products and services
- Identify opportunity for process improvements within technical support strategies and plans
- Review and analyze technical queries to extract data, create standard databases, or perform limited programming to fine tune systems supporting low to medium risk technical deliverables
- Present recommendations for resolving complex technical queries
- Exercise some independent judgment to analyze performance trends and recommend process improvements while developing understanding of technical process controls or standards
- Work as an internal consultant regarding use of tools and processes
- Provide information related to supported system area to functional colleagues, internal partners and stakeholders, including internal customers
- 2+ years of Systems Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- Monitoring and Observability Engineer
- Experience:
2+ years of hands-on experience in monitoring and observability tools across enterprise-scale environments. - Monitoring Tools Expertise:
Proven experience in implementing, configuring, and maintaining the following tools:- AppDynamics
- ThousandEyes
- Splunk
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Elastic Stack (ELK)
- Scripting and Automation:
- Strong scripting skills in Python or Shell for automation, data parsing, and custom integrations.
- Experience developing monitoring scripts, alerting logic, and automation workflows.
- Database and Querying Skills:
- Solid understanding of SQL with the ability to write complex queries for data analysis and reporting.
- Soft Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
- Experience:
- As a Monitoring and Observability Engineer, you will be expected to:
- Collaborate with Vertical Application Support Teams:
- Partner with application owners and support teams to understand system architecture, performance baselines, and critical business transactions.
- Act as a bridge between infrastructure monitoring and application-level observability.
- Enhance Observability Frameworks:
- Design and implement end-to-end observability solutions tailored to specific application needs.
- Ensure comprehensive coverage across metrics, logs, traces, and synthetic monitoring.
- Tool Integration and Optimization:
- Integrate observability tools (e.g., AppDynamics, ThousandEyes, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Elastic) into application environments.
- Optimize dashboards, alerts, and reports to provide actionable insights.
- Automation and Scripting:
- Develop automation scripts using Python or Shell to streamline monitoring setup, data collection, and alerting mechanisms.
- Maintain reusable scripts and templates for rapid deployment across environments.
- SQL and Data Analysis:
- Use SQL to extract, analyze, and correlate data from monitoring platforms and application databases.
- Support root cause analysis and performance tuning through data-driven insights.
- Incident Response and Continuous Improvement:
- Participate in incident triage and post-mortem analysis to identify observability gaps.
- Continuously refine monitoring strategies based on feedback and evolving application landscapes.
- Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:
- Maintain clear documentation of observability configurations, standards, and best practices.
- Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions with support teams to promote observability maturity.
16 Oct 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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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.
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