Wells Fargo

Principal Engineer - IAM/PAM

Wells Fargo$159K — $254K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of engineering experience in information security or identity and access management.
  • 7+ years designing and implementing enterprise Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions.
  • Deep expertise with CyberArk Privileged Access Security suite.
  • Experience in credential vaulting, password rotation, application secrets management, and monitoring.
  • Familiarity with enterprise security architecture and reference architectures.

Responsibilities

  • Lead privileged access management strategy and architecture across different identities.
  • Provide leadership for the CyberArk suite and related privileged access capabilities.
  • Design and modernize privileged access services for optimized security.
  • Establish enterprise architecture patterns for privileged credentials and non-human identities.
  • Drive integration with CyberArk and other identity services across various platforms.
  • Define engineering standards for automated privileged access management.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement scalable privileged access controls.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan availability
  • Paid time off
  • Disability, life, and critical illness insurance
  • Parental and critical caregiving leave
  • Tuition reimbursement and dependent scholarships
  • Adoption reimbursement and commuter benefits
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer for our Cybersecurity organization.


In this role, you will:

  • Serve as the principal technical architect for Privileged Access Management strategy, architecture, engineering standards, and roadmap execution across human and non-human identities.
  • Provide enterprise-wide leadership for CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault, Privileged Session Manager, Privileged Session Monitoring, Central Policy Manager, Credential Providers, AIM, CCP, Secure Infrastructure Access, and privileged account governance capabilities.
  • Lead the design and modernization of privileged access services with a focus on eliminating standing privilege, implementing just-in-time access models, reducing credential exposure, and increasing automation of privileged account lifecycle management.
  • Establish enterprise architecture patterns for privileged credentials, service accounts, shared administrative accounts, secrets management, privileged sessions, application authentication, and non-human identities.
  • Drive strategic integration across CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, Microsoft Entra ID, ServiceNow, Saviynt, Sphereboard, cloud platforms, and enterprise identity services.
  • Define target-state architecture and engineering standards for credential onboarding, password rotation, session brokering, application secrets management, credential discovery, and privileged access automation.
  • Partner with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Application Development, Identity Management, and Risk organizations to implement scalable privileged access controls across the enterprise.
  • Provide architectural oversight for large-scale PAM transformation initiatives including platform consolidation, vault modernization, privileged session expansion, non-human identity governance, and identity hygiene programs.
  • Act as the senior technical advisor to executive leadership and influence long-term PAM strategy, security architecture decisions, risk reduction priorities, and investment initiatives.
  • Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
  • Demonstrate proficiency in using AI‑assisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved code‑centric agents)
  • Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting
  • Apply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AI‑assisted outputs into solutions
  • Understand and account for model limitations, security risks, and operational considerations
  • Apply AI responsibly in development and production environments
  • Ensure AI usage aligns with security, compliance, privacy, and ethical standards


Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 7+ years of information security, identity and access management, infrastructure security, or engineering experience.
  • 7+ years designing and implementing enterprise Privileged Access Management solutions.
  • Deep expertise with CyberArk Privileged Access Security, including:
    • Enterprise Password Vault
    • Privileged Session Manager
    • Central Policy Manager
    • Credential Providers
    • AIM
    • CCP
    • Privileged access and session architectures
    • Privileged Threat Analytics
  • Experience designing credential vaulting, password rotation, application secrets management, and privileged session monitoring solutions.
  • Experience with non-human identity governance, service account management, secrets management, and credential lifecycle processes.
  • Experience developing enterprise security architecture, reference architectures, standards, and engineering patterns.
  • Experience influencing senior leaders, architects, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with HashiCorp Vault, cloud-native secrets management, and enterprise secrets modernization programs.

  • Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and cloud privileged access models.

  • Experience implementing just-in-time access, Zero Trust, privileged session brokering, and privileged access governance models.

  • Experience with identity governance platforms such as Saviynt or SailPoint.

  • Experience integrating PAM solutions with ServiceNow, CMDB, SIEM, DevOps platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise automation services.

  • Strong understanding of NIST, Zero Trust, cybersecurity control frameworks, and audit/compliance requirements.

  • Experience designing PAM operating models for large, regulated enterprise environments.

  • Experience creating executive-level architecture materials, control narratives, technical roadmaps, and risk-based recommendations.


Job Expectations:

  • Ability to work on-site at one of the listed locations

  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule

  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

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.

$159,000.00 - $254,000.00

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:

31 Jul 2026

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

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