Wells Fargo

Lead Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Wells Fargo$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience
  • 5+ years of Distributed Infrastructure and/or related IT Infrastructure experience
  • 5+ years of experience with Virtualization, Server Infrastructure, and AI/ML Cluster platforms

Responsibilities

  • Lead or participate in high-level technical concepts across technology and business
  • Develop specifications and design solutions for complex infrastructure systems
  • Test business, application, and technical infrastructure requirements
  • Drive solutions to improve recovery processes
  • Analyze cloud security and manage secrets for compliance
  • Design, code, test, and debug programs using Agile practices
  • Develop long-term plans to resolve and prevent recurring issues

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule
  • Opportunity to work on advanced infrastructure and AI workloads
  • Access to training and mentorship in an innovative team environment
  • Potential for career advancement within a large financial institution
  • Participation in high-impact projects influencing enterprise systems
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a talented Lead Platform Infrastructure Engineer with experience managing enterprise-class virtualization platforms, server engineering, and related on-premises hosting services.

The Hardware Engineering and Automation Team architects, maintains, and optimizes server hardware platforms for both virtualization and bare-metal deployments, while developing automation solutions to enable fully automated server provisioning and lifecycle management. We support advanced infrastructure needs—including AI workloads—by certifying high-performance components, integrating monitoring and security, and collaborating with DevOps to streamline infrastructure delivery and compliance. Through these efforts, the team accelerates infrastructure deployment, reduces operational overhead, and enhances the reliability and scalability of enterprise systems across the organization.


In this role, you will:

  • Lead or participate in high level technical concepts spanning technology and business
  • Develop specifications for complex infrastructure systems, design and test solutions
  • Contribute to the testing of business, application and technical infrastructure requirements
  • Drive solutions to reduce recovery
  • Review and analyze solutions for cloud security, secrets management and key rotations
  • Design, code, test, debug and document programs using Agile development practices
  • Design complex system upgrades
  • Resolve troublesome trends as they develop
  • Develop a long-range plan designed to resolve problems and prevent them from recurring
  • Direct the daily risk and control flow of operations, focusing on policies, procedures and work standards to ensure success
  • Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals


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 Distributed Infrastructure and/or related IT Infrastructure experience
  • 5+ years of experience working with products related to Virtualization, Server Infrastructure, Converged/Hyper-Converged hosting and/or AI/ML Cluster platforms


Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with Hypervisors: VMware, Nutanix
  • Experience with GPU accelerated compute, Dell XE9680 PowerEdge systems
  • Operating Systems Knowledge:  Windows, Linux
  • Experience leading or supporting the design, evaluation, and implementation of complex infrastructure hosting solutions and capabilities
  • Experience mentoring high-performing engineers
  • Experience with taking software/hardware products and services from inception to customer delivery
  • Proven experience transforming to and/or managing infrastructure functions in a product model construct, which would include participation in product roadmap planning and feature/backlog prioritization
  • Scripting: Python, bash, PowerShell, Ansible and integrating with API’s
  • Skills around automation to include familiarity with VMWare Aria/VRA, Nutanix Calm, Ansible, and similar
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code delivery and management
  • Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of team on multiple overlapping projects
  • Ability to operate effectively in a geographically dispersed organization
  • Customer focused, service-oriented attitude


Job Expectations:

  • Ability to work additional hours as needed
  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule
  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
  • Relocation assistance in not available for this position
  • Telecommuting is not an option for this position

Posting End Date:

10 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

At Wells Fargo, you will be part of a team that values diversity and is committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We are looking for professionals who are eager to drive innovation and lead with integrity. Our employees are our greatest asset, and we invest in their professional growth through comprehensive leadership and diversity training programs that are recognized industry-wide.

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Whether you're interested in a position in finance, IT, customer service, or management, Wells Fargo has career opportunities in various fields. Our team members benefit from job stability, competitive benefits, and a culture that values and rewards performance and dedication.

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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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