Lead Information Security Engineer - Cloud Security

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Information Security Engineer.
In this role, you will:

• Lead computer security incident response activities for highly complex events
• Conduct technical investigation of security related incidents and post incident digital forensics to identify causes and recommend future mitigation strategies
• Provide security consulting on large projects for internal clients to ensure conformity with corporate information, security policy, and standards
• Design, document, test, maintain, and provide issue resolution recommendations for highly complex security solutions related to networking, cryptography, cloud, authentication and directory services, email, internet, applications, and endpoint security
• Review and correlate security logs
• Utilize subject matter knowledge in industry leading security solutions and best practices to implement one or more components of information security such as availability, integrity, confidentiality, risk management, threat identification, modeling, monitoring, incident response, access management, and business continuity
• Identify security vulnerabilities and issues, perform risk assessments, and evaluate remediation alternatives
• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers
• Lead a team to achieve objectives

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of deep Prisma/Cortex Cloud Enterprise experience, or experience with a similar Cloud Security Posture Management/Workload Protection tool such as Wiz, Aqua Security, Qualys, CrowdStrike
• 2+ year experience with scripting/automation languages such as Terraform, Python and/or PowerShell
• 2+ years of experience with and strong understanding of Azure and Google public cloud PaaS - platforms, services, configurations, workloads and hardening practices
• 1+ years of experience at the Intermediate or higher with Kubernetes/container environments engineering & support
• 1+ year experience working with or good working understanding of 1 or more key industry frameworks/benchmarks/standards, such as: COBIT, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), FedRAMP, FFIEC, NIST, CIS, etc.
• 1+ year experience with Atlassian suite of products (e.g., Confluence, Jira)
• 1+ year experience working on teams practicing Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies
• 2+ years experience with MS Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams

Job Expectations:

• Proven ability to work independently, as well as having strong interpersonal skills to work effectively within a Team and with partners
• Critical thinking skills, consistent attention to detail, and ability to meet deadlines amidst competing priorities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge and understanding of Splunk Cloud
• Hands-on technical experience w/ the build-out of Landing Zones and setup/configuration of Azure and Google public cloud PaaS platforms and services.
• Experience with IAM & Data Protection expertise for monitoring and responding to related incidents
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and/or Policy as Code (PaC) concepts/tools
• Experience with change and incident management practices in medium to large enterprise environments
• CISSP Certification.
• Cloud Certifications specific to GCP or Azure

Posting End Date:
20 Oct 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
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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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