Lead Network Developer

About the role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Network Developer for the Secure Network Services Load Balancing team.

Responsibilities

• 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,