Principal Infrastructure Engineer - Public Cloud Storage

Wells Fargo Bank•Irving, TX

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Storage Engineer in the Public Cloud Storage space to lead the design, engineering, automation, and adoption of cloud-based storage services, primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The role develops cloud storage strategy, establishes enterprise standards, onboards new technologies, and enables application teams to consume storage services across hybrid cloud environments. It calls for experience designing and operating storage solutions across on-premises and public cloud platforms to enable workload mobility and data services between enterprise data centers and cloud environments. The engineer provides technical leadership for modernization, automation, governance, and operational excellence across the storage ecosystem. The position establishes the strategic direction for public cloud storage services and delivers scalable, secure, standardized storage platforms. It accelerates cloud adoption through automation and self-service, enables data and workload mobility between on-premises and cloud environments, and evaluates emerging technologies. The role also seeks to improve security, resiliency, operational efficiency, and customer experience across the enterprise storage landscape. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. The stated base pay range is $159,000 to $279,000. Eligible employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

Requirements

7+ years of engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education, or a combination.
5+ years of experience in storage engineering, cloud engineering, or infrastructure architecture.
Deep hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Experience designing and supporting cloud object storage, cloud file storage, cloud block storage, and cloud data protection.
Strong experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
Proven experience operating in hybrid cloud environments and migrating workloads between on-premises and cloud platforms.
Experience developing engineering standards, architecture patterns, and operational governance frameworks.
Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, identity, encryption, and compliance requirements.
Experience leading large-scale enterprise onboarding and modernization initiatives.
Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Experience with Microsoft Azure.
Experience operating within a regulated enterprise environment.
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized storage solutions.
Experience integrating storage services into CI/CD and platform engineering workflows.
Cloud certifications such as Google Professional Cloud Architect, Google Professional Cloud Network Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect, or Microsoft Azure Architect.
Experience with Google Cloud Storage (GCS), Filestore, S3, or Persistent Disk.
Experience with multi-cloud storage architectures.
Experience with on-premises NetApp ONTAP, Cohesity, or Dell Technologies storage platforms.

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient storage solutions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Develop and maintain enterprise storage standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
Lead storage strategy initiatives supporting hybrid cloud and multi-cloud adoption.
Drive onboarding of new storage products, services, and technologies.
Partner with application, platform, security, and infrastructure teams to accelerate cloud adoption.
Design and implement workload migration strategies between on-premises and cloud environments.
Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.
Automate storage provisioning, lifecycle management, and operational workflows.
Establish governance, security, compliance, encryption, and data protection standards.
Evaluate emerging technologies and provide architectural recommendations to leadership.
Develop patterns for object, file, and block storage consumption across cloud and hybrid environments.
Collaborate with vendors and product teams on roadmap development and platform enhancements.
Support capacity planning, performance optimization, resiliency, disaster recovery, and cost management initiatives.
Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership for cloud storage modernization efforts.