• Job Description

  Req#: R-457100

  About this role:

  Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Information Security Engineer in Technology as part of Cybersecurity. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.

  This Lead Information Security Engineer will perform proactive Threat Hunting to enhance our detection capabilities. This role will uncover hidden threats through hypothesis-driven investigations, baseline analysis, and model-assisted techniques. The engineer will play a key role in transforming raw security data into actionable detections by identifying behavioral anomalies and adversary tactics across our environment. Their work will directly inform detection engineering and incident response, strengthening our overall threat-informed defense strategy.

  This position can be hired remotely and offers a remote work schedule.

  
  In this role, you will:

  • Conduct proactive threat hunting assignments leveraging a wide range data sources including endpoint telemetry, network traffic, logs, and threat intelligence.
  • Develop and test hunting hypotheses based on threat intelligence, adversary TTPs (e.g. MITRE ATT&CK), and historical data.
  • Perform baseline hunts on newly onboarded log sources to understand normal behavior, identify anomalies, and establish initial detection opportunities.
  • Build and iterate on advanced queries, detections, and dashboards in various security tools.
  • Collaborate with detection engineering to operationalize validated hunt findings into new detection content.
  • Partner with incident response to investigate suspicious findings and provide context-rich leads.
  • Document hunting procedures, playbooks, and outcomes to continuously refine and mature the hunting program.
  • Mentor junior analysts on threat hunting concepts, tradecraft, and best practices.
  • Partner with incident response activities for highly complex events
  • Conduct technical investigation of security related incidents 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 Cyber Security Research experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

  
  Desired Qualifications:

  • Execute model-assisted threat hunts by incorporating outputs from anomaly detection, behavioral analytics, and machine learning models to enrich detection capabilities.

  Pay Range
  

  Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

  $111,100.00 - $237,100.00

  Benefits

  Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs 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:

  3 Jun 2025

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

  We Value Equal Opportunity

  Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

  Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

  Applicants with Disabilities

  To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .

  Drug and Alcohol Policy

  Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

  Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

  a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

  b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

• About the company

  Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco.

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