Lead Information Security Engineer

Wells Fargo

Hybrid Actively hiring
141278-Nc-Cic Customer Information Ctr, US Posted 17 days ago

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TL;DR

Join Wells Fargo's Crypto Infrastructure team as a senior security engineer, where you will guide less experienced staff while driving the design, engineering, and day-to-day management of cryptographic infrastructure. Utilize your expertise in encryption technologies to implement industry-leading security solutions, including automation, incident response, and synthetic transaction monitoring. Collaborate with vendors and partner teams to integrate self-healing technologies and ensure compliance with corporate policies. Required skills include advanced scripting experience with tools like Bash, PowerShell, Python, and Ansible, Unix/Linux systems administration, and knowledge of cryptographic protocols and algorithms. Ideal candidates have a background in encryption technologies, hardware security modules, and cloud certifications, along with strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.

Skills

Python Ansible Bash PowerShell Unix/Linux HSMs FPE TDE Agile Scrum Kanban CI/CD Thales CipherTrust Key Manager CipherTrust Transparent Encryption Puppet Chef Splunk Cryptographic Technologies Key Management

What you'll do

  • Lead incident response activities for highly complex security events.
  • Design, engineer, and manage crypto infrastructure including servers, appliances, and HSMs.
  • Implement information security components such as risk management and threat identification.
  • Conduct technical investigations to identify causes of incidents and recommend mitigation strategies.
  • Develop synthetic transaction monitoring to ensure continuous performance and availability.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience or equivalent.
  • Advanced scripting/automation skills with Bash, PowerShell, Python, Ansible, etc.
  • Unix/Linux Systems Administration expertise including troubleshooting and hardening.
  • Extensive experience with encryption technologies and hardware security modules.
  • Knowledge of cryptographic protocols, algorithms, FPE, tokenization, and TDE.
  • Proven experience in change and incident management for enterprise environments.

Market check

Salary context

This listing doesn't show a salary. Similar roles on FindRole typically pay $116,390–$204,230.

Peer median band

$116,390$204,230

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400$185,000

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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 26 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $159,000–$305,000 across 16 roles with salary data.

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