Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Mainframe and zLinux

Lead Infrastructure Engineer for Mainframe zVM/zLinux Engineering and Support

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives to develop infrastructure to provide solutions for business applications
• Participate in various projects intended to continually improve or upgrade the infrastructure
• Evaluate internal and external software solutions which could be leveraged to meet target state architecture goals
• Review and analyze high impact outages to ensure the proper processes and procedures are in place to avoid problems in the future
• Design, build, deploy and maintain infrastructure solutions through collaborative efforts with the team and third party vendors
• Design, code, test, debug and document programs using Agile development practices
• Make decisions in technical designs, implementation plans and identify project risks and resource requirements
• Direct the daily risk and control flow of operations, focusing on policies, procedures and work standards to ensure success
• Recommend courses of action to maintain cost effectiveness and achieve results
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Interact with customer and vendor

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Mainframe technologies, including z/VM and z/Linux installation, upgrades, patching, vulnerability remediation, production support, troubleshooting, server builds, Velocity tooling, change and incident/problem management, and creation/maintenance of operational playbooks and documentation. Proven ability to coordinate effectively with internal teams and external product vendors.
• Experience and exposure to pSeries server hardware and firmware engineering and support, with AIX and RHEL operating systems, along with shell and Python scripting.
• Exposure to and/or hands-on experience with GenAI and other industry best practices to modernize Mainframe compute platforms.
• Work Location - Bangalore / Hyderabad
• Job Expectations:
• Flexibility to work morning or afternoon shifts (IST), as required.
• Strong communication and coordination skills to work with global partners, business application teams, and vendors.
• Willingness to participate in on-call support rotations.
• Strong adaptability and learning mindset to adopt and implement emerging industry technologies, including AI.

Posting End Date: 

29 Apr 2026

*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.

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