Automation Principal Engineer

Wells Fargo•Concord, CA

2d•$159,000 - $305,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer for Network Automation and Software development. The skills for this position are critical to build and deliver a successful plan and service offering taking the organization to the target state.

Requirements

7+ years of Network Engineering / Network Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience.
5+ years of Software Development / Network Automation experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience.
5+ years of technical documentation experience
5+ years of programming and scripting skills: e.g. Python, Go, Django, Perl, Ansible, Terraform

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a principal, architect, or senior engineer capacity preferred
Relevant certifications (e.g CCIE Automation, JNCIE) preferred
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related area of study
Containers (docker, Kubernetes), Helm, Harness, and other package managers or AI driven CICD frameworks.
Temporal, Celery and other workflow or runtime execution environments.
Demonstrable Software development in Python, Go, .net
API experience: Restconf, Netconf, Swagger, API based integration
Observability: gRPC, flow data, logging, Grafana, ELK, Prometheus
Experience with information security and risk management including policy and standards, information security assessments, 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

Responsibilities

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, in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies, and recommend innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise