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# Lead Site Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Wells Fargo
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $119,000.0 - $224,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Unix, Linux, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Gradle, Groovy, Tivoli Management Framework, Apache Maven, Reliability Engineering, Logstash, Spinnaker, Data Logging, Grafana, Git, Kubernetes, IBM UrbanCode Deploy, Apache Kafka, Kibana, Terraform, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Artifactory, Vmware
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=115933d527dd3cec

## About the Role

* 5+ years of Systems Engineering, Technology Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
 * 5+ years of SRE practice experience
 * 3+ years of experience with Observability (logging, monitoring, and event detection) on cloud or distributed platforms (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Kafka, Airflow, Logstash, Grafana, Elastic APM, Jaeger, Zipkin for Distributed Tracing)
 * 2+ years of Hosting Platforms experience (AWS, OCP, Kubernetes, PKS, Azure, VMware, Unix, Linux, Windows), * Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
 * 3+ years of DevOps experience (Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, Groovy, Artifactory, GIT, Harness IO, Spinnaker, Kubernetes, Terraform, UDeploy
 * 5+ years of experience with Agile methodology
 * 1+ year of IT Service Management experience (AIOPS, ServiceNow, Remedy, Big Panda, Netcool)

## Description

* Lead 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


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