Lead Network Engineer

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Network Engineer who will help shape the reliability strategy for critical network services on enterprise scale. This role will influence and support how network reliability is measured, engineered, automated, and continuously improved. This is an opportunity to drive modernization, reduce operational risk, and improve the stability of services that support critical business operations.
In this role, you will:
Lead the planning, governance and execution of software upgrades across enterprise infrastructure, ensuring platform stability, operational readiness, security compliance, and minimal business disruption
Direct enterprise vulnerability management initiatives by assessing network security risks, establishing remediation priorities, coordinating cross-functional mitigation efforts, and reducing organizational exposure to critical threats
Serve as a technical leader for major incident response activities, driving rapid triage, root cause analysis, service restoration, and long-term corrective actions for high-impact production events
Provide strategic oversight for change management processes by evaluating technical risk, developing implementation approaches, and ensuring changes align with reliability, resiliency, and operational excellence objectives
Lead enterprise-wide network reliability and service stabilization programs by identifying systemic issues, implementing engineering improvements, establishing operational standards, and driving continuous enhancements that improve platform performance, availability, and customer experience
Assess changes for risk to production systems and assure quality, security and compliance requirements are met for supported areas
Identify gaps in current technology processes and recommend changes to assure Service Level Agreements can be supported
Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
Required Qualifications:
5+ years of Network Engineering experience, reliability engineering, or network operations supporting business-critical enterprise network services or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Relevant experience leading planning, governance and execution of software upgrades across enterprise infrastructure
Experience leading enterprise vulnerability management and network security initiatives, including risk assessment, remediation prioritization, cross-functional coordination, and reduction of critical security exposures
Strong understanding of vulnerability lifecycle management, threat mitigation strategies, and risk-based decision making within large-scale enterprise environments
Proven ability to lead enterprise-wide incident response and service recovery initiatives, conduct rigorous root cause analysis, drive sustainable corrective actions, and implement strategic process improvements that enhance operational resilience and service stability
Desired Qualifications:
Relevant networking, cloud, reliability, or IT service management certifications, such as CCNP/CCIE, Juniper, Arista, AWS/Azure networking, ITIL, or equivalent credentials
Knowledge ore relevant experience of routing, switching, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, high-availability design, and related network services including load balancing, DNS, NTP, firewalls, and network security
Hands-on automation or scripting experience with tools such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent technologies
Experience improving monitoring, telemetry, alerting, dashboards, metrics, service health reporting, or performance visibility for critical infrastructure services
Job Expectations:
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship
This role is a hybrid work schedule 3 days in office 2 days remote
Posting End Date:
22 Oct 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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