Principal Engineer - Email Engineering

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to join the Email Engineering team within Workplace Technology (WT). This role serves as the technical authority and principal engineer responsible for the modernization, architecture, and engineering leadership of the firm’s enterprise messaging platforms, with a strong focus on Microsoft Exchange, Exchange Online, and Microsoft 365 services. Workplace Technology, part of Enterprise Functions Technology (EFT), delivers critical enterprise capabilities across Endpoint & Mobility, Enterprise Messaging & Collaboration, Voice & Telephony, Security, and Specialized Desktop Services. Within WT, the Email Engineering team plays a vital role in enabling secure, reliable, resilient, and compliant electronic communications at enterprise scale. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong architectural vision, and the ability to operate and influence at scale across a large, regulated enterprise. In this role, you will: Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking Translate advanced technology experience, an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, the enterprise technological environment, the organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership Required Qualifications: 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education Desired Qualifications: As a Principal Engineer, you will serve as technical authority in shaping the future‑state enterprise messaging architecture, driving cloud and hybrid strategies, strengthening the organization’s security and compliance posture, and ensuring resilient, highly available service delivery across the Hybrid Exchange ecosystem. Serve as the Principal Engineer and technical authority for enterprise email and messaging platforms. Design, deploy, and operate Microsoft Exchange Online, Exchange Server, and Hybrid Exchange architectures. Engineer, operate, and optimize the enterprise SMTP backbone and secure email platforms, including: Proofpoint MTAs (mandatory, hands-on ownership) Zix Secure Email Sendmail and Postfix Design and support SMTP architecture, mail routing, and policy enforcement using DNS, LDAP, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Apply advanced networking and high availability principles to support secure, load-balanced email traffic across cloud and hybrid environments. Own the end-to-end lifecycle of email platforms, including onboarding, upgrades, patching, capacity planning, performance tuning, decommissioning, and roadmap alignment. Ensure high availability, scalability, resiliency, and performance for a global user base. Partner closely with Information Security to support: Vulnerability management and remediation Security patching and audits Proactive risk identification and mitigation Drive audit readiness and ensure compliance with enterprise security and regulatory standards. Define and enforce engineering standards across: