Wells Fargo

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Wells Fargo$119K — $224K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering or Cloud Engineering.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS for enterprise-scale solutions.
  • 5+ years of managing AWS Landing Zones and governance frameworks.
  • 3+ years focused on AWS foundational services including networking and security.
  • 3+ years with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code and automation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture and strategy for complex AWS cloud solutions.
  • Translate business needs into AWS infrastructure solutions.
  • Implement enterprise IAM solutions and access control strategies.
  • Manage AWS Landing Zones and multi-account operating models.
  • Oversee governance controls with AWS Organizations and Control Tower.
  • Collaborate with security, operations, and product teams as a technical advisor.
  • Automate infrastructure standardization through Terraform and GitOps.

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance and critical illness insurance
  • Parental leave and caregiving leave
  • Tuition reimbursement and scholarships for dependents
  • Adoption reimbursement
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to drive the evolution of our AWS cloud platform by designing, building, and operating scalable, secure, and resilient cloud foundations. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across engineering teams, mentor infrastructure engineers, establish and promote cloud engineering best practices, and influence enterprise cloud strategy.

The ideal candidate will possess deep hands-on experience with AWS Landing Zones, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), cloud governance, event-driven architectures, and modern DevOps/GitOps practices. This role requires strong technical leadership, architectural expertise, and the ability to collaborate across engineering, security, operations, and product teams to deliver innovative, enterprise-grade cloud solutions.


In this role, you will:

  • Lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of highly complex, large-scale AWS cloud solutions, leveraging expertise across distributed systems, networking, security, data platforms, automation, DevOps, and application modernization. Drive long-term technical direction through innovation, strategic thinking, and engineering excellence
  • Translate business objectives and enterprise technology requirements into AWS-based infrastructure solutions, utilizing deep knowledge of AWS services such as Amazon EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, VPC, and AWS Organizations, while ensuring alignment with enterprise cloud governance, security, and modernization initiatives
  • implement enterprise IAM solutions and access control strategies
  • Follow standards for federation, IAM Identity Center, role-based access controls, and privileged access management
  • Lead ongoing evolution of AWS Landing Zones and multi-account operating models
  • Lead and manage governance controls using AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCPs), Control Tower, and policy-based guardrails
  • Partner closely with engineering, security, infrastructure, operations, risk, and product teams, serving as a trusted technical advisor for AWS strategy, architecture reviews, cloud governance, and enterprise transformation initiatives
  • Drive infrastructure automation and standardization through Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps methodologies, enabling consistent, repeatable, and secure cloud deployments across the organization.


Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or related experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education
  • 5+ years of hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms
  • 5+ years of experience designing and managing AWS Landing Zones, multi-account strategies, and enterprise governance frameworks using AWS Organizations and Control Tower
  • 3+ years of experience with AWS foundational services, including networking, identity and access management, security, monitoring, logging, and compliance
  • 3+ years of experience partnering with Cloud Operations and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to provide L3 support, perform root cause analysis, resolve complex AWS infrastructure issues, and implement long-term reliability improvements
  • 3+ years of Terraform experience, including developing reusable modules, implementing Infrastructure as Code standards, managing remote state securely, and automating AWS infrastructure deployments at scale.


Desired Qualifications:

  • Strong expertise in AWS cloud platform architecture, including multi-account, multi-region, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud deployment patterns
  • Broad technical expertise across networking, compute, storage, security, compliance, identity and access management, encryption, disaster recovery, and observability
  • Advanced knowledge of GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, Policy as Code, and enterprise configuration management practices
  • Deep experience with Terraform and GitHub ecosystem tools, including GitHub Actions, repositories, workflows, and CI/CD automation
  • Hands-on experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or Cloud Operation principles, including incident management, capacity planning, resiliency engineering, and performance optimization
  • Strong understanding of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCPs), AWS KMS, AWS Secrets Manager, Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Config, and Control Tower
  • Advanced proficiency in Python, PowerShell, and Terraform, with demonstrated ability to design reusable automation frameworks and cloud engineering platforms
  • Experience implementing least-privilege access models, privileged access management, segregation of duties, and cloud security best practices
  • Hands-on experience building event-driven automation solutions using AWS Lambda, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, Step Functions, or similar cloud-native services
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers, lead large-scale infrastructure initiatives, and influence global cross-functional engineering teams
  • AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, or AWS Advanced Networking Specialty are highly preferred.


Job Expectations:

  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
  • Ability to work additional hours as needed
  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule
  • This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

$119,000.00 - $224,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

26 Jul 2026

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

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Careers

Joining Wells Fargo means becoming part of a distinguished financial institution that has been a cornerstone of innovation and leadership in the banking industry. At Wells Fargo, we offer a plethora of job opportunities designed to empower your career growth and development in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Work You’ll Do

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We believe in nurturing the potential of our employees. Wells Fargo offers robust training programs and resources to help every team member excel in their current roles and prepare for future challenges. Growth at Wells Fargo is not just about climbing the career ladder but expanding your skills and expertise to add value to our team and customers.

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Wells Fargo is committed to the well-being of our team members. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health care, retirement plans, and generous paid time off. Additionally, we provide unique perks like employee discounts, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.

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