Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Systems Operations Engineer. We believe in the power of working together because great ideas can come from anyone. Through collaboration, any employee can have an impact and make a difference for the entire company. Explore opportunities with us for a career in a supportive environment where you can learn and grow.
- *In this role, you will:**
- Work on complex, broad impact initiatives including provision of high level systems consultation for the technology teams
- Work as key participant in large scale planning of computer systems and network infrastructure for Systems Operations functional area
- Review and analyze complex technical challenges, as well as escalated support issues related to core business solutions that require in depth evaluation of multiple factors, such as alternatives, enhancements, periodic systems reviews, or improvements to existing systems
- Make decisions on technical changes and enhancements
- Consult with engineering team on change design requiring solid understanding of technical process controls or standards that influence and drive new initiatives
- Collaborate and consult with technical peers, colleagues, and mid to more experienced level managers to resolve systems support issues and achieve goals
- *Required Qualifications:**
- 6\+ years of Systems Engineering, Technology Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- *Desired Qualifications:**
- Contribute to the execution of **monitoring and observability** initiatives across infrastructure and applications,
- Design, build, and maintain dashboards, alerts, and telemetry pipelines using tools such as **Grafana, Prometheus and Elastic APM, SPLoC**.
- Work with and support observability platforms including **Splunk, AppDynamics, ThousandEyes, and ITRS Geneos.**
- Experience working in UNIX/Linux environments.
- Collaborate closely with **SRE and DevOps** teams to support system reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts in Python and Shell for data collection, analysis, and alerting.
- Participate in root cause analysis and incident response activities using observability data.
- Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of Gen AI–based capabilities to improve observability, anomaly detection, and predictive insights.
- Hands\-on Gen AI / Agentic AI development: Prior experience designing, building, and deploying Gen AI or agentic AI solutions end to end, including model selection, prompt design, orchestration (agents/workflows), and integration with real\-world systems or data pipelines.
- Applied AI for observability use cases: Demonstrated experience applying Gen AI or ML techniques to logs, metrics, or traces for anomaly detection, alert correlation, noise reduction, predictive insights, or assisted root\-cause analysis in production environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 6\+ years of experience in IT operations, monitoring, observability, or SRE\-related roles.
- Hands\-on experience with tools such as: Splunk, ITRS Geneos, Grafana, Prometheus, Elastic APM, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics.
- Working knowledge of scripting in: Python (including automation, data analysis, or basic ML/Gen AI integrations), Shell scripting
- Good understanding of SRE fundamentals such as SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and incident management.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure\-as\-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) is a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem\-solving skills with a data\-driven mindset.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross\-functional stakeholders.
- The team operates on a **16x5 schedule**, ensuring coverage across critical business hours and extended support windows.
- Candidates must be willing to participate in **weekend on\-call rotations**, providing support for high\-priority incidents and system health checks.
10 Jun 2026* ***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 unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
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