Lead Network Developer

• Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of complex network automation solutions for large-scale network, application delivery, and infrastructure platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks, tools, and workflows using technologies such as Python, Ansible, Robot Framework, REST APIs, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies.
• Build, enhance, and support automated provisioning, configuration management, compliance validation, and operational workflows across network and application delivery environments.
• Design and create reusable automation components, playbooks, scripts, testing frameworks, and self-service solutions that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Develop and maintain integrations between network infrastructure, source control systems, IT service management platforms, orchestration tools, and enterprise automation platforms.
• Create diagnostic, validation, simulation, and testing tools to proactively identify issues, validate changes, and improve platform reliability.
• Research performance trends, operational metrics, and system health data to identify automation opportunities and recommend process improvements.
• Lead the automation of system upgrades, migrations, deployments, compliance checks, and lifecycle management activities while ensuring minimal service disruption.
• Design and implement secure automation solutions that align with enterprise security standards, regulatory requirements, and audit controls.
• Assess operational and security risks associated with automation initiatives and ensure quality, resiliency, and compliance requirements are met before deployment to production environments.
• Identify gaps in existing operational processes and develop automated solutions to improve reliability, scalability, consistency, and service delivery.
• Collaborate with network engineers, software developers, product teams, security partners, and infrastructure teams to deliver innovative automation capabilities and achieve strategic objectives.
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor for automation best practices, code quality standards, source control management, testing methodologies, and DevOps/GitOps adoption.

• 5+ years of Network Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of Network Automation or Infrastructure Engineering
• 3+ years of experience developing automation solutions using Python, Ansible, Robot Framework, or similar automation technologies.
• 3+ years of experience with REST APIs, JSON, YAML, Git, source control management, and CI/CD pipelines.
• 3+ years of experience automating network, security, application delivery, or infrastructure platforms.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with F5 BIG-IP, F5 GTM/DNS, NSX Advanced Load Balancer (AVI), NGINX, or other Application Delivery Controller (ADC) platforms.
• Experience with GitOps, Terraform, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or enterprise orchestration platforms.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, automated testing, and software development lifecycle practices.
• Experience troubleshooting complex network and automation workflows in production environments.
• Strong understanding of security, compliance, change management, and operational resiliency principles.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with enterprise monitoring, observability, and logging tools.
• Experience developing automated validation, testing, and compliance frameworks.
• Knowledge of Agile, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience building self-service infrastructure and network automation solutions at enterprise scale., Agile Programming Methodologies, Analysis Skills, Ansible, Application Programming Interface (API), Applications Security, Automation, Automation System Development, Best Practices, Change Management, Configuration Management, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Credit Risk, Customer Relations, DevOps, Documentation, Enterprise Protection, Financial Operations, Git, GitHub, IT Service Management (ITSM), Identify Issues, JSON, Jenkins, Load Balancing, Maintain Compliance, Mentoring, Metrics, Network Administration/Management, Network Architecture/Engineering, Network Security, Operational Audit, Operational Improvement, Operational Strategy, Operations Planning, Operations Processes, Operations Security (OPSEC), Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Metrics, REST (Representational State Transfer), Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Reimbursement, Reliability Engineering, Risk, Risk Analysis, Robot (Python Framework), Scholarship, Security Analysis, Security Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Simulation, Software Development, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Testing, Source Code Control System (SCCS), Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), System Migration, Systems Administration/Management, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Test Automation, Test Scripts, Test Tools, Time Management, Trend Analysis, Tuition Reimbursement, Validation Testing

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

5 Sep 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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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.

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Industry: Financial Services