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# Lead Site Reliability Engineer (contract)

- **Company:** Wells Fargo
- **Location:** Des Moines, IA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Application Performance Management, Databases, Continuous Integration, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle (Applications), Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Software Engineering, Unix Commands, Large Language Models, Grafana, IBM UrbanCode Deploy, Virtual Agents, Terraform, Splunk, Appdynamics, Jenkins, Artifactory
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=07e63a4562fed36a

## About the Role

In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Software Engineering. Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale or longer-term Software Engineering challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors. Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables. Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel. Required Qualifications: Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.

Key Requirements:

 * Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
 * Experience leading large-scale production support using ITIL practices; supporting AI/ML and LLM-based systems; managing reliability, observability, incident response, and operational risk; expertise across on-prem, hybrid, and public cloud environments
 * CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Artifactory, UDeploy, Terraform)
 * Automation (Ansible)
 * Observability platforms (AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, BigPanda, Application Insights)
 * Resilient system design
 * Support for large-scale Java/.NET applications and Oracle/MSSQL databases.
 * Agentic AI experience
 * Experience with L2 level troubleshooting (Unix commands)



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