Wells Fargo

Lead Information Security Engineer - Cryptographic Products and Services

Wells Fargo$119K — $187K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in Information Security Engineering or relevant experience
  • 4+ years of advanced scripting/automation skills with Bash, PowerShell, Python, or similar
  • 4+ years of experience with Linux and Windows servers

Responsibilities

  • Drive design and automation strategies for cryptographic products
  • Provide technical guidance for product delivery and maintenance
  • Develop documentation for design, deployment, and operational processes
  • Participate in research and evaluation of cryptographic solutions
  • Support audits and compliance evidence gathering
  • Conduct technical investigations of security incidents
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on compliance and product enhancements
  • Work with vendors on technology roadmaps and enhancements

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance and accidental death insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement and scholarships for dependents
  • Adoption reimbursement
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a motivated Lead Information Security Engineer to join an exciting, fast paced team working on cutting edge encryption, tokenization and key management technologies that are leveraged to protect information companywide.  This role will provide technical leadership, and be an individual contributor, to teams that design, deploy, and operationally maintain cryptographic products and services including Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) and security appliances.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in the design and deployment of cryptographic products in physical, virtual, and containerized environments. The ideal candidate will also have demonstrated experience in automating processes including product builds, operational maintenance, and customer integration and onboarding.  This role reports directly to the Senior Manager for the Encryption, Tokenization and Key Management team.


In this role, you will:

  • Drive design, deployment and automation strategies for encryption, tokenization and key management products and services including Hardware Security Modules, security appliances and security applications deploying in physical, virtual, and containerized environments.

  • Provide technical guidance and oversight to teams and team members responsible for product delivery and operational maintenance. 

  • Develop and maintain documentation including design and build guides, deployment strategies, automation guides and operational processes.

  • Participate in research, analysis and evaluation of new cryptographic products and services.

  • Participate in Proof of Concept (POC) testing and demonstrations for new cryptographic products and services.

  • Support company driven audits, gather evidence of compliance to company policies, and drive product enhancements, when needed, to remediate findings.

  • Conduct technical investigation of incidents to identify causes and recommend future mitigation strategies.

  • Collaborate across Wells Fargo teams, including compliance, security architecture and security evaluation teams to ensure cryptographic products are compliant to company policies.

  • Work with vendors to understand the technology vendor's roadmap, help to influence that roadmap, and ensure requests for technology/product enhancements are meeting the needs of Wells Fargo.

  • Work with partner engineering teams on identification and remediation of security vulnerabilities and may also conduct risk assessments of infrastructure to ensure compliance with corporate security policies and adherence to best practices.

  • Support incident response, root cause analysis and corrective action activities.

  • Oversee team of engineers and influence design/architecture decisions regarding encryption infrastructure to support our line of business customers.

  • Ensure design decisions consider blast radius and business resiliency requirements to reduce / eliminate impact during service changes or DDOS type events, among others.

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.
  • 4+ years of intermediate to advanced level experience with scripting/automation using tools such as: Bash, PowerShell, Python, Ansible, VBScript, or JavaScript, UI path, etc.
  • 4+ years of Linux and Windows server experience.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with encryption or tokenization and key management technologies.
  • Advanced Knowledge of Cryptographic protocols & algorithms.
  • Subject Matter Expert experience designing solutions using Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) or security appliance devices
  • Experience with DevOps and CI/CD automated build and deployment processes.
  • Advanced scripting skills specifically around log rotation, data collection, error collection and alerting.
  • Experience designing, developing, and implementing synthetic transactions for the monitoring of applications and/or infrastructure.
  • Experience with Puppet/Chef/Ansible or similar automation tools.
  • Experience with Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
  • Application development experience.
  • Experience with application support in Linux and Windows server environments.
  • Experience performing technical product assessments, including development of implementation plans, in a large enterprise.
  • Experience mentoring/guiding less experienced staff.
  • Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Advanced critical thinking, problem solving and technical troubleshooting abilities.
  • Knowledge and understanding of implementing infrastructure upgrades, security patches, or version upgrades.
  • Knowledge and understanding of monitoring and reporting tools.
  • Experience with and the ability to thrive in a complex and fast-paced technology and/or information security organization, within a large enterprise environment.
  • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Knowledge and understanding of implementing infrastructure upgrades, security patches, version upgrades for systems, appliances and HSM’s
  • Proven experience with change and incident management practices in medium to large enterprise environments.
  • Knowledge and understanding of implementing infrastructure upgrades, security patches, version upgrades for systems, appliances and HSM’s
  • Experience with coding/scripting against Cyber security tools and products


Job Expectations:

  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

  • Ability to work onsite in the office in a hybrid model, 3 days per week on-site/in-office and 2 days per week remote

  • Remote work is not available for this position

  • This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Locations:

  • 401 W Las Collinas Blvd. Bldg A, Irving, TX (Primary location)

  • 3075 Loyalty Cir, Columbus, OH

  • 300 South Brevard, Charlotte

Pay Range

119,000.00 - 187,000.00 USD Annual

Benefits:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

$119,000.00 - $187,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit  for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

21 Jun 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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