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Wells Fargo

Lead Information Security Engineer - Cloud Security

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Lead information security engineering focusing on cloud security, incident response, and vulnerability management across multi-cloud environments.

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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
  • 1+ years of experience at the Intermediate or higher with Kubernetes/container environments engineering & support
  • 2+ years of experience with and strong understanding of Azure and Google public cloud PaaS – platforms, services, configurations, workloads and hardening practices
  • 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:

  • Utilize industry leading security solutions and best practices to achieve cloud resource/platform/service/app integrity and confidentiality, reduce risk, detect threats and support flow of telemetry to Cyber Defense Team
  • Perform engineering work related to the technical enablement for Cloud Workload Protection (CWP)
  • Actively supporting/operating the Prisma/Cortex Cloud Enterprise Edition (SaaS) product, ensuring effective delivery of product roadmap
  • Maintain and support Prisma/Cortex Defender agents on OpenShift (OCP), Tanzu Application Service (TAS), AKS & GKE
  • Perform upgrades and maintenance on Prisma/Cortex Cloud Enterprise Consoles
  • Responding to incidents and supporting resolution for Prisma/Cortex Cloud Enterprise (SaaS) landscapes
  • Scripting/automation and other engineering tasks related to the CWP/container security aspects of Prisma Cloud Enterprise.
  • Track or remediate vulnerabilities and security issues
  • Review and correlate security logs
  • Provide professional expertise relating to resolution of container vulnerability false positive claims and guiding partner teams in resolving vulnerabilities
  • Be a motivated self-starter, quick to adapt while staying focused on delivering results in a fast-paced environment with aggressive deadlines
  • Share your expertise and knowledge with teammates, while completing assigned duties
  • Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
  • Deliver clear, concise, and actionable communication to various levels of organization on a timely basis to ensure effective understanding, decision-making, and execution
  • Working effectively with a virtual Team consisting of members across various locations in the U.S. and India.

Posting End Date: 

18 Oct 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.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

 

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

How we rate this

Lead Information Security Engineer - Cloud Security at Wells Fargo rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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  1. Tell me about a project where cloud security was part of your work. What did you do?
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  4. Tell me about a project where penetration testing was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where vulnerability assessment was part of your work. What did you do?

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