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Wells Fargo - Charlotte, NC
posted about 2 months ago
About the position
Wells Fargo is seeking a highly skilled Principal Engineer with deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform and Terraform Enterprise to lead the cloud infrastructure team. This role involves providing technical leadership and hands-on expertise in driving key initiatives such as infrastructure automation, scalability, and high availability. The Principal Engineer will also play a pivotal role in high-priority projects like GenAI and will be groomed for future leadership responsibilities within the organization.
Responsibilities
- Define the infrastructure strategy and architecture for Google Cloud Platform environments, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security across all platforms.
- Design, implement, and manage cloud-based infrastructure solutions on Google Cloud Platform, including compute, storage, networking, and managed services.
- Lead and drive automation initiatives using Terraform and Terraform Enterprise, optimizing infrastructure deployment and management processes.
- Mentor and guide engineers on the team, with the intent to be groomed as a potential successor for the Head of Google Cloud Platform Support.
- Lead and oversee the successful execution of critical projects, including GenAI, ensuring delivery within tight deadlines.
- Work closely with software development, DevOps, and product teams to ensure infrastructure aligns with business goals and enhances application performance.
- Proactively identify opportunities to optimize Google Cloud Platform infrastructure costs while maintaining service performance and reliability.
- Ensure infrastructure solutions adhere to security best practices and industry compliance standards.
- Translate complex technical concepts and strategies into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership.
Requirements
- 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
- 7+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, with at least 5 years of experience working with Google Cloud Platform.
Nice-to-haves
- Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform and Terraform Enterprise for infrastructure automation.
- Proven experience in leading and mentoring technical teams, with a strong ability to drive technical direction and influence decision-making across teams.
- Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, infrastructure automation, and scalable cloud solutions.
- Strong understanding of networking, security, and CI/CD pipelines in a cloud environment.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues at scale.
- Experience in managing infrastructure for mission-critical applications with high availability requirements.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies like Kubernetes or Docker is a plus.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience with high-priority, high-impact projects such as GenAI is a plus.
- Familiarity with service management tools such as JIRA, ServiceNow, and other cloud monitoring tools.
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule
