Lead Information Security Engineer – Cryptographic Products and Services

Wells Fargo

Lead Information Security Engineer overseeing encryption, tokenization, and key management solutions at Wells Fargo. Driving design and automation strategies while providing technical guidance and support for product delivery.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeIrving • North Carolina, Ohio, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $119,000 - $187,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleJavaScriptLinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
5+ years of experience in automation development, platform engineering, or information security engineering, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and professional experience.
4+ years of hands‑on experience developing production‑grade automation and scripts using one or more of the following: Python, PowerShell, Bash : Ansible or similar orchestration/configuration tools : JavaScript, VBScript, or workflow automation platforms
4+ years experience in automating tasks across Linux and Windows server environments.
4+ years hands on experience to design scalable, repeatable, and maintainable automation solutions.
2+ years demonstrated experience acting in a lead engineering role, providing technical direction and mentorship to other engineers
4+ years experience working with APIs, service integrations, and command‑line tooling.
4+ years experience in software development fundamentals, including version control, testing, and documentation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

encryptiontokenizationkey managementautomation developmentPythonPowerShellBashAnsibleJavaScriptAPI integration

Soft Skills

technical guidancecollaborationleadershipmentorshipcommunicationproblem-solvingincident responseroot cause analysisrisk assessmentdocumentation