Principal Engineer AVI load balancer, F5 Big-IP

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer.

In this role you will:

• Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications network information security database operating systems or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups
• 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 an 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 leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends 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

Required Qualifications:

• 7 years of Engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training military experience education

Desired Qualifications:

• Define and drive enterprise architecture and engineering standards for networking and application delivery.
• Design implement and optimize solutions using F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM/DNS/WAF) and AVI Load Balancers.
• Lead infrastructure modernization and cloud adoption initiatives across hybrid environments.
• Provide technical leadership for high-availability scalability security and resiliency improvements.
• Partner with application platform cloud and security teams to deliver reliable infrastructure solutions.
• Drive automation through Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices.
• Mentor engineers and influence technology strategy across the organization.
• Expert knowledge of F5 BIG-IP and AVI Load Balancer platforms.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP DNS routing switching SSL/TLS and application networking.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP) and container platforms (OpenShift/Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Ansible Terraform Python or CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale infrastructure initiatives and influence enterprise architecture decisions.
• Strong debugging & production support skills to drive & resolve highly visible production incidents

Job Expectations:

• Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience.
• F5 VMware Cisco or Cloud certifications.
• Experience with WAF Global Load Balancing Zero Trust and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit Market Financial Crimes Operational Regulatory Compliance) which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring governance risk identification and escalation as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business units risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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