About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Systems Operations Engineer

In this role, you will:

Lead or participate in managing all installed systems and infrastructure within the Systems Operations functional area
Contribute in increasing system efficiencies and lowering the human intervention time on related tasks
Review and analyze moderately complex operational support systems, application software, and system management tools to ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
Work with vendors and other technical personnel for problem resolution
Lead team to meet technical deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of technical process controls or standards
Collaborate with vendors and other technical personnel to resolve technical issues and achieve highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability

Required Qualifications:

4+ 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:

Wells Fargo is seeking aSenior Middleware Engineer / Platform Engineerto support a mission-criticalLinux-based middleware platform.
This role provides senior-level engineering and operational ownership ofApache Tomcat application platformsrunning onRed Hat Enterprise Linuxenvironment. The engineer will ensure platform reliability, security, performance, and scalability while driving best practices in automation, CI/CD, and disaster recovery
Architect, install, configure, and optimizeTomcat clustersonRed Hat Enterprise Linuxvirtual servers.
Provide specialized infrastructure support for various application teams including but not limited to VM procurement, build and preparation for application load and test according to departmental standards.
Supportapplication deployment strategiesand enforceSDLC, change management, and release governance.
Design and manageSSL/TLS, certificate lifecycle management, and secure communications.
Implementauthentication, authorization, and Single Sign-On (SSO)integrations using LDAP and enterprise identity platforms.
Drivesecurity hardening standards, vulnerability remediation, and compliance alignment for middleware and Linux systems.
Perform advancedroot cause analysisand resolution of complex middleware, OS, and application issues.
Establish and maintainplatform monitoring, logging, and alertingstandards.
Support and enhanceCI/CD pipelines, automation, and deployment tooling (e.g., Jenkins).
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across middleware and platform operations.
Collaborate with application development, database, network, and storage teams to deliver stable and scalable platforms.
Participate in24/7 on-call rotationfor critical platform incidents and escalations.
Experience withinfrastructure automation(Ansible, scripting).
Experience withserver/application virtualization technology (Citrix)
Exposure tocontainerization or Kubernetes(Tomcat on containers).
Experience supportingSpring Boot or Java microservices platforms.
Familiarity withobservability stacks(Splunk, ELK, Prometheus).

Job Expectations:

7+ years of experience in systems and application production support within enterprise environments.
Strong hands-on experience withRed Hat Enterprise Linux/windows administration(physical and virtual).
Advanced experience withSSL/TLS, certificate authorities, and secure communications.
Proven expertise inmiddleware and OS security hardening, vulnerability management, and patching.
Experience designing and supportinghigh availability and disaster recovery architectures.
Strong troubleshooting skills acrossapplication, middleware, OS, and infrastructure layers.
Analyze, define, and document system and application requirements, including workflows, processes, interfaces, and technical controls, using standard methodologies.
Implement and support solutions aligned with enterprise technology standards and operational frameworks.
Evaluate and advise on emerging technologies, contributing to platform integration strategies and continuous improvement initiatives.
Working knowledge ofLDAP/SSO integrationsand identity management concepts.
Experience withCI/CD and automation tools(e.g., Jenkins, Control-M).
Familiarity withSAN storage conceptsand enterprise storage platforms.
Bachelor's degree preferred equivalent professional experience accepted.
Develop deep understanding of trading, risk, and caching/computing platforms, and contribute to their build, enhancement, and ongoing support.
Troubleshoot complex system, application, and infrastructure issues, and providing guidance to application teams.
Provide technical consulting and mentorship to junior engineers, promoting best practices and operational excellence.
Analyze, define, and document system and application requirements, including workflows, processes, interfaces, and technical controls, using standard methodologies.

Posting End Date:

29 May 2026

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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Senior Systems Operations Engineer - Tomcat, Linux administration, Jenkins, CI/CD & automation