Kubernetes Infrastructure Engineer

Wells Fargo•Irving, TX

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Kubernetes Infrastructure Engineer builds, operates, and supports enterprise Kubernetes platforms and related cloud-native services. This role is hands-on and execution-focused, contributing to platform operations, automation, workload support, and continuous improvement of container platforms. Infrastructure Engineers work with senior engineers and technical leads to implement platform standards, troubleshoot issues, automate repeatable tasks, and strengthen the reliability, scalability, and security of Kubernetes-based infrastructure. Wells Fargo is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to join the Modernization Services Engineering team. This role is ideal for an engineer with foundational Kubernetes and infrastructure experience who enjoys solving platform challenges through automation, operational discipline, and collaborative engineering. In this role, you will support Kubernetes platform services, GitOps workflows, observability, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native application onboarding while partnering with platform, security, networking, and application teams.

Requirements

2+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education
1+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience supporting containerized workloads or platform operations

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Red Hat OpenShift or enterprise Kubernetes platforms
Familiarity with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD, RHACM, or Flux
Exposure to public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, or OpenTelemetry
Familiarity with Helm, Kubernetes Operators, ingress controllers, or service mesh technologies
Understanding of Kubernetes security practices including RBAC, secrets management, image security, and policy enforcement
Exposure to platform engineering, self-service infrastructure, or developer enablement practices
Experience supporting production environments with reliability and availability requirements

Responsibilities

Build, configure, and support Kubernetes platform services and supporting ecosystem components.
Deploy and maintain containerized workloads and platform integrations using GitOps practices.
Implement infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.
Support Kubernetes cluster lifecycle activities including upgrades, patching, scaling, and maintenance.
Troubleshoot platform, networking, storage, and workload-related issues across Kubernetes environments.
Collaborate with application teams to onboard workloads and adopt platform standards.
Assist with CI/CD and GitOps delivery pipelines using tools such as ArgoCD, Flux, or similar.
Apply security, RBAC, compliance, and policy standards across Kubernetes platforms.
Monitor platform health, performance, capacity, and availability using observability tools.
Maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, change management, and reliability improvements.
Contribute to automation and self-service capabilities that reduce operational overhead.