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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer in Cybersecurity as part of Identity Access Management Engineering. Learn more about career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com

This role will serve as the technical leader responsible for helping define, design, build, and secure the firm's AWS cloud capabilities at enterprise scale.

The successful candidate will establish the security architecture, engineering standards, guardrails, automation frameworks, and operating model required to enable secure adoption of AWS across the company.

This individual will work across Cyber Security, Infrastructure Engineering, Identity & Access Management, Data Protection, Risk Management, and Application Development teams to build a modern cloud platform that aligns with the firm's security, resilience, regulatory, and operational objectives.

In this role, you will:

• Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups

• Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking

• Translate advanced technology experience, an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, the enterprise technological environment, the organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions

• Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions

• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization

• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership

• Demonstrate proficiency in using AIassisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved codecentric agents)

• Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting

• Apply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AIassisted 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, infrastructure, or cloud engineering experience
• 5+ years designing and securing AWS environments

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience leading large-scale enterprise cloud transformation initiatives
• Experience designing security controls for highly regulated environments
• Demonstrated success influencing technical strategy across large organizations
• Experience integrating cloud platforms with enterprise IAM, PAM, and cybersecurity ecosystems
• Experience supporting multi-cloud environments
• Advanced AWS expertise across identity management, networking, encryption, logging, threat detection, and cloud governance
• Experience securing containerized and cloud-native workloads using Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, and serverless technologies
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and automated cloud provisioning
• Deep understanding of Zero Trust architecture, DevSecOps, CI/CD security, and software supply chain security
• Experience implementing cloud security controls, policy enforcement, governance frameworks, and security automation at scale
• Ability to communicate with engineers, executives, auditors, and regulators
• Exceptional architecture and design documentation skills
• Proven ability to drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups
• Relevant cloud and security certifications preferred, such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, CCSP, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), or equivalent credentials.

Locations:

• 300 S Brevard, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

• 401 Las Colinas Blvd W Bldg. A - Irving, Texas 75039

• 3075 Loyalty Cir. - Columbus Ohio 43219

Posting Statements:

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

• Required location(s) listed above. Relocation assistance is not available for this position

• Salary range is determined by location of the job. May be considered for a discretionary bonus, Restricted Share Rights, or other long - term incentive awards.

• 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.

Posting End Date:

*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

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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.