Wells Fargo

Lead Information Security Site Reliability Engineer

Wells Fargo$120K — $145K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Information Security Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 1+ year of team leadership experience
  • Strong knowledge of GCP services like GKE and IAM
  • Proficiency in automation and scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Shell)
  • Experience with observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus

Responsibilities

  • Ensure high availability and security of systems across multiple environments
  • Engineer support for containerized workloads using Kubernetes and Docker
  • Develop automation scripts to enhance incident response efficiency
  • Implement observability frameworks and monitoring tools
  • Lead incident response and root cause analysis efforts
  • Collaborate with InfoSec to manage vulnerabilities and ensure compliance
  • Document operational procedures and configurations for transparency

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule: in-office three days a week and remote two days a week
  • Collaborative team environment with opportunities for cross-team communication
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and cloud-native platforms
  • Opportunities for professional growth and skill enhancement
  • Involvement in significant projects within a highly regulated industry
Full Job Description

Job Title:

Lead Information Security Site Reliability Engineer

This role is in the office three days a week and work from home two days a week.

There is no visa sponsorship or visa transfers.

About this Role:

We are seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead a team of SRE engineers to help mature our platform operations across Windows, Linux, and cloud-native environments. This role is central to our transformation from app-specific support to platform-wide reliability engineering. You will bring deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) container orchestration, and automation, enabling scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure that supports diverse applications across our enterprise.


Key Responsibilities

Platform Reliability & Cloud Engineering

- Ensure high availability, performance, and security of production systems across Windows, Linux, and GCP environments.
- Engineer and support containerized workloads using Kubernetes (GKE) and Docker, enabling scalable microservices architectures.
- Lead infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, and GCP-native tools.

Automation & Observability

- Develop automation scripts and pipelines to eliminate manual toil and accelerate incident response.
- Implement observability frameworks using SLIs/SLOs, Prometheus, Grafana, and GCP Operations Suite.
- Drive proactive monitoring, alerting, and telemetry across hybrid environments.

Incident Management & Resilience

- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems.
- Build self-healing systems and automated remediation workflows using GCP-native services and scripting.

Security & Compliance

- Collaborate with InfoSec to enforce hardening standards, manage vulnerabilities, and support compliance initiatives.
- Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and container platforms using IAM, encryption, and policy enforcement.

Collaboration & Enablement

- Partner with developers, application owners, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, cloud-native platforms.
- Document configurations, runbooks, and operational procedures to enable cross-team use and transparency.

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
  • 1 + year leading a team or body of work with demonstrated success


Desired Qualifications:

  • Strong experience with GCP services, including GKE, IAM, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Monitoring.
  • Experience with cyber application support
  • Strong automation experience designing cutting edge solutions to reduce Toil and maximize efficiency.
  • Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Shell.
  • Strong experience with observability tools like Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, Big Panda, etc.
  • Proficiency in container technologies: Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experience working with executive leadership to outline strategic direction for the team.
  • Familiarity with Linux and Windows system administration and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools: Terraform, Ansible.
  • Strong understanding of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Windows security principles.
  • Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, Security+, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer).
  • Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI and Jenkins).
  • Familiarity with ITIL practices and change management.
  • Exposure to ServiceNow, load balancers, certificate management, and endpoint protection tools.
  • Financial Services or highly regulated industry experience.
  • Expert communicator with the ability to speak and present to executives on a broad range of subjects.

Posting End Date:

20 Aug 2026

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

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Careers

Joining Wells Fargo means becoming part of a distinguished financial institution that has been a cornerstone of innovation and leadership in the banking industry. At Wells Fargo, we offer a plethora of job opportunities designed to empower your career growth and development in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Work You’ll Do

At Wells Fargo, you will be part of a team that values diversity and is committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We are looking for professionals who are eager to drive innovation and lead with integrity. Our employees are our greatest asset, and we invest in their professional growth through comprehensive leadership and diversity training programs that are recognized industry-wide.

Explore a Multitude of Career Paths

Whether you're interested in a position in finance, IT, customer service, or management, Wells Fargo has career opportunities in various fields. Our team members benefit from job stability, competitive benefits, and a culture that values and rewards performance and dedication.

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Professional Growth and Development

We believe in nurturing the potential of our employees. Wells Fargo offers robust training programs and resources to help every team member excel in their current roles and prepare for future challenges. Growth at Wells Fargo is not just about climbing the career ladder but expanding your skills and expertise to add value to our team and customers.

Benefits and Rewards

Wells Fargo is committed to the well-being of our team members. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health care, retirement plans, and generous paid time off. Additionally, we provide unique perks like employee discounts, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.

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Empower Your Career

Step into a role at Wells Fargo where your skills will be honed, your achievements recognized, and your career can flourish. We're not just filling positions; we're building leaders who are equipped to navigate the complexities of the financial world. Join Wells Fargo today and be part of a team that’s redefining the future of banking.
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