Lead Information Security Engineer

Wells Fargo

Confirmed live today High trust
Closes in 5 days

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Charlotte, NCRaleigh, NCIrving, TXChandler, AZColumbus, OH
Salary
$119,000–$187,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 3, 2026 (soon)

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $180k
This role $153k
$107k $232k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This role pays less than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $151,475–$208,800 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $153k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

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 29 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,000–$224,000 across 12 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Wells Fargo

At a glance

TL;DR · Lead Information Security Engineer

The Lead Information Security Engineer joins the FirewallDEV team within the Application Hosting – Secure Network Services organization. This role involves designing, automating, and maintaining secure network infrastructure across data centers to provide connectivity to business partners, the public Internet, and cloud providers. You will conduct rigorous testing and certification of next-generation firewalls to validate performance, security efficacy, and compliance with industry standards. Daily responsibilities include developing automation solutions for provisioning and policy management, leading cross-functional projects using Agile methodologies, and mentoring junior engineers. Key technical requirements include expertise in Python, Ansible, REST APIs, and automation frameworks. You will also utilize tools like Ixia, Wireshark, Nmap, and Terraform to manage complex firewall deployments, NAT, VPNs, and threat prevention features within a secure network environment.

What you'll do

  • Conduct rigorous testing and certification of next-generation firewalls to validate performance, security, and compliance.
  • Design and implement scalable, secure NGFW architectures across enterprise environments.
  • Develop automation solutions for firewall provisioning, policy management, and operational tasks using Python and Ansible.
  • Lead cross-functional teams in planning and delivering firewall projects using Agile methodologies.
  • Perform complex firewall certifications, upgrade testing, and develop templated configurations.
  • Ensure all firewall implementations comply with security and regulatory requirements.
  • Analyze performance trends and recommend improvements for firewall operations and automation.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical design documentation.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with NGFW platforms.
  • 3+ years of automation experience.
  • 3+ years of experience with firewall policy design, NAT, VPNs, threat prevention features, and templated installations.
  • 3+ years of experience with Python, Ansible, REST APIs, and automation frameworks.
  • Proficiency in TCP/IP, routing, switching, VPNs, and network protocols (preferred).
  • Experience with testing methodologies, performance, functional, interoperability, and security testing frameworks (preferred).
  • Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CEH, GSEC, or vendor-specific certs like PCNSE, NSE, or CCNP Security (preferred).

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Information Security Engineer

Wells Fargo

Charlotte, NC +6 3 days ago $100,000–$163,000
SAST DAST SCA Secrets Management Infrastructure as Code CI/CD DevSecOps GitHub Jira ServiceNow Jenkins Harness OWASP MITRE CVE/CWE Checkmarx Blackduck Prisma Trufflehog Socket Invicti Qualys GitHub Advanced Security API Development LLM Cursor GitHub Copilot
4+ yrs exp Hybrid

Lead Consultant, Network Security

Allstate

Remote (IL) 13 days ago $98,100–$167,850
Palo Alto Networks Infrastructure as Code Ansible CI/CD Python Network Security TCP/IP REST APIs AWS Azure Git Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Azure DevOps PowerShell Bash Panorama VPN NAT DNS
Remote

Senior Consultant I, Network Security Engineering

Allstate

Remote (IL) 13 days ago $75,100–$126,325
Palo Alto Networks Infrastructure as Code CI/CD Python Ansible Network Security TCP/IP Routing DNS NAT REST APIs Git AWS Azure PowerShell Bash Panorama VPN Load Balancing Red Hat Ansible Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Azure DevOps
Remote

Lead Information Security Systems Engineer

L3Harris

Waco, TX 38 days ago
Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework (RMF) NIST 800-53 ICD 503 Linux Static Code Analysis Vulnerability Scanning Xacta eMASS Secure Software Development Information Assurance Systems Engineering Security+ CISSP
9+ yrs exp

Lead Security Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Bay Lake, FL 34 days ago $148,300–$198,800
AWS Azure Google Cloud Terraform CloudFormation Ansible Chef Python Ruby Java Go GitLab AWS CodeBuild Azure DevOps CI/CD CDN WAF NIST CIS Agile SRE DevOps
7+ yrs exp Hybrid

Lead Security Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

Columbus, OH 17 days ago
Blockchain CI/CD Microservices API-first Design Splunk Secure SDLC Threat Modeling Security Analytics
5+ yrs exp