About this role:

This Lead Infrastructure Engineer will be part of a Team that performs engineering and management of data protection technologies that includes Hashicorp Terraform, Packer, and Vault.  Candidates must have intermediate to advanced systems engineering experience in medium to large Enterprise environments. Must have extensive experience with Linux Server operating systems, Red Hat preferred.  Need to be capable of creating technical/engineering documentation and have excellent written and oral communication. Must have extensive experience with scripting and automation practices using Python and Terraform.  Ensure vendor product engineering is in line with the objectives and security requirements of Wells Fargo and coordinates with the vendor support teams to ensure issues impacting Wells Fargo are resolved quickly and effectively.  Participates in interactions with technical, engineering and non-technical partners companywide for the technologies listed above.

In this role, you will:

• Independently support HashiCorp platforms (Terraform, Packer, and Vault) with minimal oversight from lead engineers.
• Develop and enforce platform standards for Terraform and Packer best practices across the organization using CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Hashicorp platforms on OpenShift Containers Platform (OCP)
• Analyze and solve complex technical challenges, including cloud native and multi-cloud integrations, Kubernetes auth setups, PKI hierarchies, replication, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate directly with cross-functional teams—security, platform engineering, application teams, product owners, and vendors—to deliver architecturally sound Hashicorp platform solutions.
• Troubleshoot deep technical issues independently, including HA failures, unseal workflows, auth method problems, and secret engine configuration errors.
• Drive continuous improvement, identifying opportunities for automation, performance tuning, reliability enhancements, and security hardening.
• Provide on-call support on rotational basis per team’s schedule.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Terraform and Packer pipeline development, with a proven track record in enterprise-grade automation.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and GitHub, with strong understanding of modern automation pipelines for provisioning and configuration.

Desired Qualifications:

• Understanding of Linux system administration, required for installing, configuring, securing, and troubleshooting Vault clusters.
• Understanding of the lifecycle, including installation, upgrades, HA deployment, scaling, and cluster maintenance.
• Experience configuring and maintaining audit logging, monitoring, and metrics, using tools like Splunk, Grafana, and other observability platforms.
• Hands-on expertise with Vault Agent, templates, auto-auth, and Vault Proxy integrations.
• Should have hands on experience in using Hashicorp Vault service like (Key management system, Secret and certificate management)
• Good knowledge of DevOps and SDLC for IaC CI/CD concepts, GitHub, branching strategies
• Professional HashiCorp Vault Certification (HVCP or equivalent)
• Practical experience with Enterprise Change Management, change control processes, and operating within procedural, compliance-driven environments.

Job Expectations

• There is no Visa sponsorship available for this role
• There is no relocation allowance available
• This position requires working from one of the posted locations in a hybrid environment

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.

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