DevSecOps Principal Engineer

Wells Fargo Bank•Columbus, OH

About The Position

About this role: The COO Technology group provides technology services for the Chief Operating Office. This includes operations, control executives, strategic execution, business continuity and resiliency, data solutions and services, regulatory relations, customer experience, enterprise shared services, supply chain management, and the corporate properties group. COO Technology provides technology solutions and manages application portfolios for these groups to support modernization and optimization. Within COO Technology we are seeking a DevSecOps Principal Engineer whose role is essential for translating strategic vision into technical execution. The COO DevSecOps team’s unique value lies in integrating security into automation and delivery, orchestrating cross-team workflows, and ensuring that modern infrastructure and deployment practices are both efficient and secure. The DevSecOps team collaborates with Enterprise Infrastructure Management to optimize compute resources, partners with Cyber Security to enforce security policies and leverage threat intelligence and works with the Chief Development Office to refine deployment tools and frameworks—while operationalizing and integrating these capabilities into the delivery lifecycle. This role will architect secure & scalable CI/CD processes and procedures, lead cloud infrastructure decisions, and work with the Site Reliability Engineering team to embed reliability and observability across platforms. Their enterprise-level influence on tooling, automation, and resilience engineering will accelerate modernization and ensure robust, secure, and efficient delivery pipelines for COO Technology.

Requirements

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 experience with strategic planning in technology
7+ years of experience with technology such as Java, Angular, .NET, SQL Server and Big Data
7+ years of scripting and automation experience
3+ years of experience with cloud technologies (AWA, Azure, GCP)
5+ years of experience working with analyzing and interpreting large datasets
5+ years of experience with performance tuning & performance optimization
5+ years of data security and design experience
5+ years of working with DevOps tools (Git, Automation Deployment toolkits)
5+ years working in an Agile development environment
5+ years of experience with CI/CD/CT (Continuous Integration / Continuous Development / Continuous Testing)

Nice To Haves

5+ years of financial industry experience
2+ years of experience leading Generative AI or "Classical" AI initiatives
Experience with configuration and monitoring technologies such as Ansible, Grafana, ElasticAPM, Splunk, Prometheus or AppDynamics
Strong executive presence, facilitation skills, drive for results, attention to quality and detail, and a synergetic attitude
Ability to develop and deliver effective, well-articulated, written, and oral communications (e.g., emails, presentation materials) applying appropriate level of content/ detail dependent upon audience and intent
Experience as a highly effective leader with credibility from demonstrating strong business and technology acumen
Excellent communications, interpersonal, and presentations skills across technical and non-technical groups
Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities with a focus on proactive solutions
Experience with Agile transformations
Experience with Gen AI/Traditional AI stack including Python, Spark, Large Language Models
Experience with Agentic AI frameworks or similar
Experience in creating & delivering technology roadmaps
Experience with modeling tools like Erwin, PowerDesigner etc.
Experience with Python, Spark, Kafka, Apache Flink, Apache Storm, Kubernetes, Docker
Experience working with Data Microservices
Experience with NoSQL and Graph databases
Knowledge of Kubernetes platforms
Google / Azure / Amazon Cloud certifications
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong communication and collaboration abilities
Ability to work independently and as part of a team

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, 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 automation and Agentic AI to enhance business 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 and serve as an expert technical advisor to leadership
Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture, for example cloud readiness, application modernization, data strategy
Function as the technical representative for the DevSecOps function during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
Determine appropriate strategies and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high-risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
Interpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with high complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers