Lead Information Security Engineer- IR

Job Description
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Information Security Engineer for the ICS Team.
The ICS team is seeking a Lead Information Security Engineer with extensive experience in incident response, network-focused forensics, and threat hunting. The ideal candidate will have a well-rounded background in endpoint/network defenses and security incident response, as well as some offensive security knowledge to allow the ability to think like an adversary. The candidate will also have experience partnering with content development teams to resolve gaps in detection capabilities, as well as experience in conducting technical research and identifying methods to detect evolving Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).
This role will serve as an incident responder to assess the risk, impact, and scope of identified security threats, as well as leading the response efforts to include containment, eradication, and recovery. Strong verbal and written communication skills are desired, to ensure thorough and accurate reporting during and concluding a security incident. The candidate will also play a major role in detecting advanced threats that are not detected via traditional security tools and understand how to operationalize cyber threat intelligence. Regular collaboration with multiple teams such as the Cyber Threat Fusion Center, Security Content Development, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Offensive Security Research teams will be critical to success.
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

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong years of experience in Information Security Industry.
• Experience with SIEM tools like Splunk, Arcsight.
• Incident Response Protocols and Tools experience
• Information technology applications and systems experience
• Experience in managing cybercrime detection, investigation, and intelligence strategies
• DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) experience
• Knowledge and understanding of banking or financial services industry
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are desired, in order to ensure thorough and accurate reporting during and concluding a security incident.
• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities
• Demonstrate the ability to provide written and verbal communications to management to address real-time issues and incidents, including writing formal incident reports
• Knowledge of offensive security, with the ability to think like an adversary when performing reverse engineering and responding to incidents

Job Expectations:

• Information security experience including experience in one or more of the following security disciplines: information security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, host/network forensics, cyber-crime investigation, penetration testing, business continuity, or cyber threat intelligence
• Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities
• Highly refined and professional verbal and written communications
• Knowledge and understanding of banking or financial services industry
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), or Web Application Penetration Tester (WAPT) certification

Posting End Date:
22 Jul 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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