Cybersecurity SRE Principal Engineer

Wells Fargo

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Columbus, OH · Irving, TX · Charlotte, NC
Salary
$159,000–$254,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Closes
Jun 20, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $206k
$115k most similar roles pay here $269k

This role pays more than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$195,756 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $169k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest banks in the United States, providing banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services nationwide. Industry: Banking & Financial Services

Wells Fargo currently has 91 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $151,000–$239,000 across 54 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Cybersecurity SRE Principal Engineer

As a Principal Engineer at Wells Fargo, you will join a senior leadership team dedicated to advancing enterprise-scale platforms that support critical business capabilities. Your role involves defining technical strategies and architectures for the modernization of Identity & Access Management (IAM) data platforms and applications, ensuring high availability and alignment with zero-trust principles. You will collaborate closely with product, data, security, and platform teams to deliver robust identity analytics, access intelligence, and controls automation at an enterprise level. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in cloud platforms (preferably GCP), container orchestration, DevOps tooling, and modern architectures such as microservices and serverless patterns. Additionally, experience with observability practices, SRE methodologies, and multi-cloud identity systems is essential for this high-impact role.

What you'll do

  • Define technical strategy and architecture for modernizing IAM data platforms.
  • Guide design and standards for high-availability, zero-trust-aligned IAM platform.
  • Partner with product, data, security, and platform teams to deliver solutions.
  • Lead large-scale migrations from on-premises to cloud-native architectures.
  • Design enterprise-scale identity analytics, risk scoring, and access intelligence.

What we're looking for

  • Deep expertise in cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
  • Proven experience leading large-scale migrations to cloud-native architectures
  • Expertise in modern application patterns like microservices, serverless, and event-driven systems
  • Hands-on experience with identity analytics, risk scoring, or access intelligence at enterprise scale
  • Familiarity with BeyondCorp/zero trust architecture, PAM, and secrets management tools
  • Background in observability practices including SLOs, error budgets, and incident response
  • Relevant certifications such as Google Professional Cloud Architect, CISSP, CCSP, CISM

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