Lead Information Security Engineer

About this role

Title: Lead Security Encryption Engineer

Wells Fargo is back in the office collaborating for fabulous outcomes.

This role is in the office three days a week and a hybrid position.

There is no Visa Sponsorship or Visa Transfers for this role.

Join a high-impact security engineering team at the forefront of enterprise cryptography, where you’ll design, build, and scale critical encryption and key management solutions that protect some of the organization’s most sensitive data. This role is ideal for a hands-on security engineer with deep expertise in cryptographic protocols, HSMs, and modern data protection technologies, who thrives in complex, large-scale environments. You’ll work across Linux, Windows, and automation frameworks to harden systems, optimize performance, and drive secure architecture forward—while partnering with engineering and operations teams to deliver resilient, scalable solutions. If you’re passionate about encryption, key management, and solving sophisticated security challenges in a fast-paced enterprise setting, this is a role where your expertise will directly shape the organization’s security posture.

This role will actively mentor and develop team members by providing technical guidance, sharing best practices, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and security excellence.

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.

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

•            5+ years of Unix/Linux/Windows Systems Administration experience with in-depth knowledge of troubleshooting, OS hardening and OS tuning.

•            5+ years of experience with encryption or tokenization technologies.

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