Wells Fargo · 12 hours ago
Data Private Cloud - Principle Engineer
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$159K/yr - $305K/yr
7+ years expWells Fargo is a leading financial services company seeking a Principal Engineer to drive the technical strategy, architecture, and delivery of their enterprise Data Private Cloud. This role involves leading the design and implementation of a Kubernetes-based data ecosystem, ensuring scalability, security, and operational excellence for data engineering and analytics workloads.
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechInsurancePayments
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own the architecture of the enterprise data platform (OpenShift, Kubernetes, modern data stacks)
Define platform standards for security, scalability, multi-tenancy, and operational excellence
Lead decisions around compute orchestration (Spark on K8s, YuniKorn), query federation (Trino, Kyuubi), and metadata management (Gravitino, Hive Metastore)
Design authentication/authorization (Keycloak, AD, Ranger)
Shape infrastructure strategy and open-source deployment patterns
Lead Terraform-based IaC and repeatable deployment practices
Architect networking, ingress, and service mesh configurations
Oversee PKI, SSL/TLS, and certificate lifecycle management
Build monitoring and observability strategies (OpenSearch, Prometheus, Grafana)
Ensure resilience through scheduling, quotas, and capacity planning
Implement GitOps for declarative deployments
Provide Leadership Across Compute: Spark on K8s, Kyuubi, JupyterHub
Query/Analytics: Trino, Superset
Orchestration: Airflow on Kubernetes
Catalog/Governance: Gravitino, DataHub, Ranger
Storage: Iceberg, S3/NetApp, PostgreSQL
Messaging/Search: Kafka, OpenSearch
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (OSFI, SOX, PCI-DSS)
Implement multi-tenant isolation and robust security boundaries
Lead security reviews, threat modeling, and remediation
Partner with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams on audits and controls
Qualification
Required
7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments (OpenShift Container Platform strongly preferred)
Proven track record designing and operating large-scale data platforms in enterprise environments
Preferred
Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries
Experience with Kubernetes scheduling frameworks (YuniKorn, Volcano) for batch and AI workload optimization
Contributions to open-source projects in the data or infrastructure
Experience building and deploying applications with enterprise data sources
Hands-on experience with transformer architectures and fine-tuning open-source models
Professional certifications: CKA/CKAD, AWS/Azure/GCP Professional, Terraform Associate
Experience with GitOps practices (ArgoCD, Flux)
Background in platform product management or developer experience
Benefits
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
Company
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is a financial services firm that provides banking, insurance, investments, and mortgage services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1978-10-06IPO
Leadership Team
Charlie Scharf
CEO
Fernando Rivas
CEO of Corporate & Investment Banking
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