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Wells Fargo Systems Architect | Operations and Corporate Technology Architecture (OCTA)

 

Wells Fargo | Company Overview

Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest multinational financial services firms in the world and a cornerstone of the U.S. banking system. Headquartered in San Francisco, it ranks within the Fortune 50 and is consistently among the “Big Four” banks in the United States by total assets. With operations in more than 30 countries and tens of millions of customers worldwide, Wells Fargo plays a critical role in consumer banking, commercial lending, and capital markets, maintaining a global presence while remaining deeply embedded in the American financial landscape.

 

Professional Experience

 

Hunter Storm | Systems Architect

Provided in-depth technical and systems consultation to business units, project management, developers, enterprise architecture, and infrastructure architecture to determine business requirements, technical needs, and risks in order to develop systems architecture and architectural documents such as Architectural Alignment Assessments (AAAs), Living Technology Architecture (LTA), and Target Operational Models (TOMs).

Designed and made recommendations on systems architecture across multiple OS and database platforms in alignment with EA standards and best-practice security guidelines. Guided project teams to implement solutions ahead of current industry security standards. Conducted technology and vendor assessments for group-wide systems. Gained in-depth knowledge of enterprise tools and processes, including [redacted], etc. Provided architectural vision and created architectural roadmaps to help Lines of Business (LOBs) transition to future-state architectures.

Communicated architectural strategy and direction to all stake holders. Researched and developed architectural standards and strategy to other architects, delivery team (development, Quality Assurance (QA), deployment and maintenance) and others. Identified and justified potential investments in new systems and technologies and led proof-of-concepts (PoCs), pilots and vendor evaluations.

Led architecture reviews and enforced adherence to Enterprise Architecture (EA) standards, principles and procedures. Established, communicated, and enforced application design patterns, interface standards and development guidelines. Reviewed and approved designs and direct implementation of the architecture for multiple systems.

 

Subject Matter Expert | IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus (Network Data Mover, NDM Secure+)

  • Discovered root cause of critical data transmission failures and ran hands-on tests to develop a remediation strategy.
  • Developed the most secure server and workstation configurations via experimentation and testing.
  • Initiated and authored first official Wells Fargo Network Data Mover (NDM Secure+), and Certificate Wizard documentation. This enabled enterprise administrators to implement encrypted data transmissions between mainframes and distributed systems using enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) at the optimal cipher strength.
  • Wells Fargo created the Enterprise NDM Support team as a result of Hunter Storm’s work on secure network transmissions between mainframe and distributed systems. The NDM Support Team used Hunter’s documentation and the automation scripts she created in order to support all enterprise customers.
  • The vendor, Sterling, implemented Hunter’s changes into the production version of the product.

 

Key Contributions

  • Systems Architect on projects such as PlanView, ClearCase / ClearQuest, Enterprise Capacity Management (ECMP), and other global enterprise environments.
  • Received commendations from several clients.
  • Designed and made recommendations on systems architecture across multiple platforms in alignment with enterprise architecture standards and security guidelines. Determined technical needs and risks in order to develop security plans, systems architecture, and architectural documents. Provided vision and created roadmaps to help business units transition to future-state architectures. Identified and justified potential investments in new systems and technologies, and led proof-of-concepts, pilots and vendor evaluations. Led architecture reviews and enforced adherence to standards, principles, and procedures.

 

Clearances

Clearance-Equivalent Trust Designation – Trust-Based Unrestricted Access: Internal Trust Authority (Informal / Multi-Organizational)

 

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