Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Docker, Kubernetes)

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Systems Operations Engineer, A highly skilled Container Engineer to join our EFT engineering team. This role is responsible for designing, building, securing, and maintaining containerized workloads at scale using Podman/Docker and Openshift/Kubernetes. You will play a critical role in ensuring reliability, performance, and security of our container platform in production environments.

In this role, you will:

• Participate in complex technical issues and initiatives related to large scale applications, systems, databases, or other technical products and services
• Identify opportunity for process improvements within technical support strategies and plans
• Review and analyze technical queries to extract data, create standard databases, or perform limited programming to fine tune systems supporting low to medium risk technical deliverables
• Present recommendations for resolving complex technical queries
• Exercise some independent judgment to analyze performance trends and recommend process improvements while developing understanding of technical process controls or standards
• Work as an internal consultant regarding use of tools and processes
• Provide information related to supported system area to functional colleagues, internal partners and stakeholders, including internal customers

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

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

• Container Build & Management

• Design, build, and optimize Docker images following best practices (multi-stage builds, minimal base images, etc.)
• Maintain and version container images in enterprise registries
• Ensure container portability across environments (dev, staging, production)

• Kubernetes Operations

• Deploy, manage, and scale applications on Kubernetes (K8s) clusters
• Implement and maintain Kubernetes resources (Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Services, Ingress)
• Monitor cluster health and troubleshoot production issues

• Security & Compliance

• Build secure container images by minimizing attack surface and removing vulnerabilities
• Implement container security best practices:
  • Image scanning (e.g., Trivy, Anchore, Clair)
  • Runtime security
  • Least privilege (non-root containers, RBAC)
• Enforce policies using tools such as Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, or similar
• Ensure compliance with organizational and industry security standards

• CI/CD & Automation

• Integrate container workflows into CI/CD pipelines
• Automate image builds, testing, scanning, and deployment
• Improve deployment speed and reliability through automation

• Monitoring & Reliability

• Monitor containerized applications using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and production incidents
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness

Job Expectations:

• 2+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or container engineering roles
• Work closely with development, DevOps, and security teams
• Provide guidance on container best practices and architecture
• Participate in on-call rotations for production support
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Docker (image creation, optimization, troubleshooting)
  • Kubernetes (cluster operations, workloads, networking)
• Experience building and maintaining production-grade container platforms
• Strong understanding of Linux, networking, and system fundamentals
• Experience with container registries (ECR, ACR, GCR, or similar)
• Experience securing containerized workloads
• Knowledge of:
  • Container image scanning tools
  • Runtime security practices
  • Kubernetes RBAC and network policies
• Familiarity with policy enforcement tools (e.g., Kyverno, OPA Gatekeeper)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, etc.)
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Cloud platform experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Certifications such as:
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

Posting End Date: 

15 Jun 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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