Lead DevOps Engineer

@ Wells Fargo

About the Role

Wells Fargo is seeking a seasoned Lead DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will build and evolve our infrastructure provisioning processes into a modern, self-service, GitOps-driven ecosystem. This hands-on leadership position blends strategic architecture, cross-functional collaboration, and high-quality code delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives for building infrastructure solutions for business applications.
• Architect and develop modular Infrastructure as Code (IaC) components using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Crossplane.
• Design and implement GitOps-driven workflows for automated provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Build and maintain self-service platform capabilities for independent developer management through intuitive interfaces and APIs.
• Integrate infrastructure automation with tools such as ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Tekton, and GitHub Actions.
• Define infrastructure standards and golden paths for consistency, security, and scalability.
• Collaborate with platform, security, and application teams to align automation with business goals.
• Engage in architecture reviews, code reviews, and mentor peers on best practices in infrastructure automation.
• Continuously improve performance, reliability, and maintainability of infrastructure tooling.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions.
• 3+ years with Terraform, Ansible, Crossplane or similar IaC tools.
• 3+ years with GitOps principles using tools such as ArgoCD, Tekton, or GitHub Actions.
• 2+ years with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and hybrid cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• 2+ years designing and consuming RESTful APIs using Golang or Python.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Crossplane or control plane abstraction tools.
• Familiarity with developer portals like Backstage and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.
• Exposure to image management tools like Packer or Image Builder.
• Background in building platform engineering solutions for cloud-native development.
• Knowledge of observability tooling including Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.
• A developer-first mindset focused on reducing friction and improving productivity.

Compensation & Benefits

The base pay range for this position is $119,000.00 to $224,000.00. Benefits include health benefits, 401(k) Plan, paid time off, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, parental and caregiving leave, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, and various discounts.

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is a leading financial services company with approximately $1.9 trillion in assets. It provides a diversified set of products and services including consumer and commercial banking, investment and mortgage products, and more. The company ranks high in Fortune’s list of America’s largest corporations and is committed to social impact through initiatives in housing affordability, small business growth, financial health, and a low-carbon economy.

Key skills/competency

• DevOps
• Infrastructure
• IaC
• GitOps
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Automation
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Platform Engineering