Senior Lead Systems Operations Engineer

Wells Fargo & Company•Iselin, NJ

2d•$159,000 - $305,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Systems Operations Engineer in technology as part of Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology. This role functions as a Business Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with enterprise-level influence, driving strategic initiatives across infrastructure platforms. The Senior Lead will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, shaping the reliability strategy, architecture, and operating model for infrastructure platforms supporting business-critical applications.

Requirements

7+ years of Systems Engineering, Technology Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of experience managing production support
3+ years of experience in production support or operations engineering
5+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, or related domains

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of SRE principles and practices
Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms (e.g., Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana)
Expertise in automation tools
Strong technical expertise, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills

Responsibilities

Act as an advisor to senior leadership to develop or influence platform support solutions for highly complex business and technical needs or technology initiatives
Lead highly complex, broad impact initiatives including provision of high-level systems consultation for the technology teams related to large scale planning of computer systems and network infrastructure for Systems Operations functional areas
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, the enterprise technological environment, the organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
Provide vision, direction and expertise to senior leadership on implementing innovative and significant 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 advisor to leadership
Provide training and mentoring to less experienced team members on guidebook changes and lead team to meet technical deliverables, while leveraging solid understanding of technical process controls or standards