Technology Director - Platform Solutions Leader

Wells Fargo Bank • Irving, TX

57d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an accomplished Technical Director of Platform Solutions Engineering with extensive experience in designing, automating, and operating enterprise-grade platforms at scale. This role demands a visionary leader who combines hands-on technical depth with strategic oversight to drive modernization, resilience, and innovation across hybrid cloud and containerized environments. You will set the technical direction for platform engineering, champion automation-first principles, and ensure secure, compliant, and highly available systems for mission-critical workloads in a regulated financial services environment. You will lead initiatives to increase platform stability, maturity, and growth, ensuring predictable performance and operational excellence as adoption scales. A key responsibility will be defining and executing strategies for migrating workloads from virtual machines to containers, while providing developer-friendly tooling and abstractions that lower barriers to entry for application teams adopting Kubernetes. This includes curated Helm charts, GitOps-driven workflows, and self-service onboarding capabilities to accelerate adoption and reduce complexity. Additionally, you will establish repeatable patterns for platform delivery using GitOps principles and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), leveraging API-driven declarative services to enable agility and consistency across environments. Your vision will include building self-service automation frameworks that empower end users—from platform provisioning to application deployment—ensuring speed, security, and compliance without sacrificing developer experience.

Requirements

• 8+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of management or leadership experience
• 8+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering
• 5 years of enterprise-scale Kubernetes deployments and container orchestration
• 5+ years of experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux) and declarative infrastructure patterns
• 5+ years of experience of networking, security hardening, and compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI DSS, SOX)

Nice To Haves

• Proven expertise in: Hybrid cloud architecture and operations (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Infrastructure automation and IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
• Strong proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience in regulated environments (Financial Services or similar)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of service mesh, distributed systems, and high-availability architectures
• Expertise in observability platforms and performance tuning at scale
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the platform engineering strategy for hybrid cloud and container platforms, aligning with business objectives and regulatory requirements
• Architect scalable, secure, and automated solutions across on-premises and public cloud environments (Azure, GCP)
• Establish enterprise standards for Kubernetes operations, GitOps workflows, and repeatable platform patterns
• Drive platform maturity and stability through lifecycle best practices, observability, and proactive capacity planning
• Champion API-driven declarative services and automation frameworks to enable agility and consistency
• Oversee the design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform, Ansible, and similar tools
• Drive end-to-end automation for platform provisioning, configuration, and operational workflows to reduce manual intervention and improve reliability
• Implement advanced observability practices leveraging Prometheus, Grafana, and distributed tracing for proactive performance management
• Develop migration strategies from VM-based workloads to containerized environments, ensuring minimal disruption and clear adoption paths
• Build developer-friendly automation and APIs that enable low-friction deployment from platform provisioning to application rollout
• Provide tooling and abstractions that simplify Kubernetes adoption for application teams, including curated templates, Helm charts, and self-service onboarding
• Promote GitOps-driven delivery for platform and application lifecycle management to ensure consistency and compliance
• Lead and mentor a team of senior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with security, networking, and application teams to ensure robust security posture and adherence to industry regulations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees