Lead Infrastructure Engineer at Wells Fargo
CHARLOTTE, NC
$119,000–$206,000from the description
Jul 28, 2026
CHARLOTTE, NC
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on infrastructure automation engineering role at Wells Fargo focused on designing, building, and governing enterprise-scale Ansible automation for both cloud and on-premises environments. The engineer will own playbook development, IaC frameworks, CI/CD integration, and configuration management across Windows and Linux platforms, while also providing technical leadership, code reviews, and mentorship to infrastructure teams.
Senior level · 5+ years · Unspecified, US · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (5)
The posting title is 'Lead Infrastructure Engineer', which Wells Fargo uses as a senior IC level — the role is classified as Senior rather than Staff because the JD describes leading a workstream and mentoring engineers, not setting direction across multiple teams or holding org-wide technical authority.
SOC classification is a close call: the role writes and ships automation code (Ansible playbooks, IaC frameworks, CI/CD integration), which points to 15-1252 Software Developers; however, the infrastructure operations scope (server provisioning, patching, compliance, platform administration) also has strong 15-1244 characteristics. 15-1252 was chosen because the primary deliverable is authored automation code.
A Bachelor's degree is listed under Desired Qualifications with an explicit 'or equivalent experience' qualifier, so it is not treated as a hard degree requirement.
CI/CD is listed in the required qualifications section as integration context ('Integrate Ansible automation with CI/CD pipelines') rather than as a standalone gated skill; it is included as preferred given the ambiguity.
Scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash) appear only under Desired Qualifications and are marked preferred accordingly.
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