Lead Network Automation Engineer

Wells Fargo•San Antonio, TX

1d•$119,000 - $187,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Network Automation Engineer in Technology as part of Cybersecurity. This role is responsible for the creation of network automation to build, provision, operate, and maintain engineered network solutions. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with automation and software development tools and practices with a good understanding of networking technologies. The Application Hosting - Secure Network Services product provides foundational network infrastructure leveraged by Technology Infrastructure products and platforms in the Wells Fargo Data Centers. We also provide connectivity to business partners, the public Internet and Public Cloud Providers. Application Hosting is transforming operations to provision network capacity at an accelerated pace through full automation, providing transparency to the consumer and the network operators throughout the lifecycle of the infrastructure.

Requirements

5+ years of combined Network Engineering and automation experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
CCIE or equivalent experience
Demonstrated experience creating network automation solutions
5+ years experience with one or a combination of Ansible, JINJA, NETCONF, Python, REST, YAML, YANG, or Robot
5+ years experience in Git, Jira, Jenkins usage and integrations
5+ years experience with network management, automation, and orchestration tools, such a Ansible Tower, Cisco DCNM and Arista CVP

Nice To Haves

Experience with Agile methodology
Knowledge and understanding of technical experience including IP routing, switching, load balancing and firewall
Experience creating automated testing
Experience working in a large enterprise environment
Experience with creating and or updating technical design documentation used by engineering teams
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Responsibilities

Lead the review, resolution and implementation for the most complex technical issues and initiatives related to large scale network applications, data systems, voice and other technical products and services
Use and create diagnostic, simulation and other tools to maintain, troubleshoot and restore service or data to systems
Evaluate or review queries to extract data, create standard procedures, or perform limited programming to fine tune systems supported
Research performance trends and recommend process improvements
Perform complex migrations from development to production, upgrades, installations and configurations
Make decisions in security and regulatory policies to design and implement foolproof secured network solutions
Assess changes for risk to production systems and assure quality, security and compliance requirements are met for supported areas
Identify gaps in current technology processes and recommend changes to assure Service Level Agreements can be supported
Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
Demonstrate proficiency in using AI‑assisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved code‑centric agents)
Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting
Apply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AI‑assisted outputs into solutions
Understand and account for model limitations, security risks, and operational considerations
Apply AI responsibly in development and production environments
Ensure AI usage aligns with security, compliance, privacy, and ethical standards