Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of the enterprise network tooling stack, with a strong emphasis on observability and Agentic AI. This role ensures the bank's networks - including datacenter, branch, cloud, WAN/SD-WAN, and SASE/edge - are instrumented with robust, scalable, and secure tooling to support operational excellence, compliance, and cost efficiency. The engineer will drive integration of telemetry, topology, and analytics platforms to accelerate incident resolution, enable data-driven planning, and support Secure by Design operations. This position sits within the Innovation and Transformation team in Secure Network Services, part of the Cyber Security organization.
About this role:
We are hiring a Principal Engineer - Network Tooling and Observability within the Cyber Security organization's Innovation and Transformation team. In this role, you will lead the evolution of the bank's network tooling ecosystem, ensuring it delivers actionable insights, automation, and resilience across hybrid environments.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Roadmap: Advise leadership on multi-year strategy for network tools and observability (NPMD, telemetry pipelines, topology, synthetic monitoring), aligned with SRE, Security, and Cloud initiatives.
Architecture: Design and evolve the observability stack, selecting tools and technologies (e.g., SNMP, flow/IPFIX, syslog, streaming telemetry/gNMI, OpenTelemetry, APM/NPM, log analytics, time-series DB) for scalability across on-prem, cloud, and branch environments.
Delivery Leadership: Oversee implementation and integration with ITSM/CMDB, CI/CD, configuration compliance, and ITIL-based incident/problem/change workflows.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with NetOps, SRE, SecOps, Cloud, and Lines of Business to translate requirements into architecture and measurable outcomes.
Blueprints & Standards
Define baselines for telemetry and data collection:
SNMP polling and SNMP traps
Syslog ingestion and correlation
Flow data (NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, etc.)
Packet capture tools for deep traffic analysis
Integration with vendor-based controllers and SaaS platforms
Define tooling standards across platforms such as:
Spectrum, DX NetOps, NFA
Big Switch / DMF, CVP / CVaaS / DCNM
DNAC / CatC, NetScout / GigaMon
Prime / Airwave / CV-Cue
Enterprise Impact:
Lead resolution of complex challenges requiring deep evaluation across multiple domains.
Translate strategic business objectives and enterprise technology landscape into engineering solutions.
Provide vision and technical direction to leadership for innovative, large-scale solutions.
Operational Excellence:
Optimize processes and drive robust automation.
Identify inefficiencies and promote continuous improvement.
Leadership & Mentorship:
Align stakeholders through clear technical communication.
Mentor teams and deliver knowledge transfers to upskill SMEs.
Present technical concepts to senior leaders.
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
Job Expectations:
Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$159,000.00 - $305,000.00
Benefits
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.
Posting End Date:
6 Jul 2026
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