Senior Systems Operations Engineer (L2 Application Support / SRE/ Observability)

About this role:

• Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Systems Operations Engineer.

In this role, you will:

• Lead or participate in managing all installed systems and infrastructure within the systems Operations functional area
• Contribute in increasing system efficiencies and lowering the human intervention time on related tasks
• Review and analyze moderately complex operational support systems, application software, and system management tools to ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Work with vendors and other technical personnel for problem resolution
• Lead team to meet technical deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of technical process controls or standards
• Collaborate with vendors and other technical personnel to resolve technical issues and achieve highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Systems Engineering, Technology Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Job Expectations:

• Challenging Support Role in L1 & L2 / L3 involving Production Support and Deliversion, RCA on Recurring events, Automation, Solution Proposals along with BAU Support as per ITIL Framework Standards
• In this role
• Lead or participate in managing all installed systems and infrastructure within the Systems Operations functional area
• Contribute in increasing system efficiencies and lowering the human intervention time on related tasks
• Review and analyze moderately complex operational support systems, application software, and system management tools to ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Work with vendors and other technical personnel for problem resolution
• Lead team to meet technical deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of technical process controls or standards
• Collaborate with vendors and other technical personnel to resolve technical issues and achieve highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Deliver Production & Platform support involves being on standby for providing 24x7 support & Responsible to maintain high availability of the systems & applications
• Responsible for Driving SRE Initiatives (Automation, Instrumentation, Resiliency, Reliability and Stability Improvement)
• Responsible for Executing Compliance Related Remediations, Challenging Application Releases from quality and risk standpoint, Understanding and Solutioning over recurring issues by RCA
• Responsible for Change & Release Management & Be a gate keeper for making sure no releases issues by efficient review
• Support the complex technical issues & initiatives (Upgrade/Tech Refresh) for large-scale applications/systems/DBs/other technical products/services. Development of technical support strategies & plans; Automation & Instrumentation to enable efficiency in restoration & stability
• Works on complex problems, debugging & propose solutions where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of complex business problems.
• Evaluate SLA, identifies gaps, suggest changes to assure supporting SLAs. Performs complex migrations from development to production, upgrades, installations and/or configurations
• Problem Management identifying recurring/chronic issues & improvement areas & take initiative in implementing the innovative solution causing efficiency.
• Provides the ongoing operational support for the ETL platform & nightly batch jobs assuring application health & scheduled data loads / work arounds on time
• Work with vendors and other technical personnel for problem resolution
• Lead team to meet technical deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of technical process controls or standards
• Collaborate with vendors and other technical personnel to resolve technical issues and achieve highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability

Additional Required Qualifications

• Core skills - 4+ years in with Production Support experience. Strong in 3 tier application Concepts, with Load balancing, Veritas Clustering, Site minder Authentication, MQ integration, BI Publisher Integration hands on.
• Experience with engineering automation solutions using shell, PowerShell, and Python scripting.
• Good Knowledge in Unix/Linux OS, and shell scripting, DevOps, Autosys job setup and monitoring.
• Experience with Applications and Database (Oracle) Performance Tuning, Scaling, Security, Capacity Planning, Resiliency Best Practices.
• Basic knowledge of IHS, Apache Httpd, WebSphere Application Server, F5 concept, NAS/SAN storage.
• Worked on Venafi Certificate Management System.
• Good business communication skills in English.
• Good understanding of different monitoring tools like AppDynamics, Splunk, SiteScope, APM.
• System Knowledge & Analysis.
• Problem solving & critical thinking
• 4+ years of Systems Engineering, Technology Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• experience in Workflows / Java / ETLs
• Strong SQL Knowledge (Preferably SQL Server / Oracle)
• Understanding of Openshift and Cloud platforms
• Exposure to any SRE Concepts and Tools especially Monitoring / Observability / Automation tools (ITRS, AppD, Grafana, Kafka, Ansible)

Desired Qualifications:

• Any ETL (Preferably and SSIS) or Reporting (Preferably SSRS) Tools
• Experience in any of the technologies viz- (Java application support), Web Servers (related to IIS / TOMCAT / Weblogic) and Windows Servers concepts would be added advantage
• Experience or exposure to Infrastructure concepts (Nodes, Clusters, Physical Access hardware)
• Flexible and adapt to new technologies as quick leader as per project demand
• Exposure and Hands on over Scripting (Python, Powershell, Perl or Korn), BI Tools (Tableau / Power BI )
• ITIL V3 / Architectural exposure (recommended)

Posting End Date:
21 Sep 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
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.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
Applicants with Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.