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Wells Fargo · 2 days ago

Lead Information Security Engineer - Cryptographic Products and Services

ARLINGTON, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$119K/yr - $187K/yr

5+ years exp

Wells Fargo is seeking a motivated Lead Information Security Engineer to join an exciting, fast paced team working on cutting edge encryption, tokenization and key management technologies. This role will provide technical leadership and be an individual contributor to teams that design, deploy, and operationally maintain cryptographic products and services including Hardware Security Modules and security appliances.

BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechInsurancePayments

No H1B

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Cryptographic products experienceHardware Security Modules (HSMs)Scripting/automation skillsLinuxWindows serverDevOpsCI/CDEncryptionTokenizationAdvanced cryptographic protocolsTechnical product assessmentsAgile methodologiesApplication developmentAnalytical skillsMentoring staffCommunication skills

Required

5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

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

4+ years of Linux and Windows server experience

Preferred

Experience with encryption or tokenization and key management technologies

Advanced Knowledge of Cryptographic protocols & algorithms

Subject Matter Expert experience designing solutions using Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) or security appliance devices

Experience with DevOps and CI/CD automated build and deployment processes

Advanced scripting skills specifically around log rotation, data collection, error collection and alerting

Experience designing, developing, and implementing synthetic transactions for the monitoring of applications and/or infrastructure

Experience with Puppet/Chef/Ansible or similar automation tools

Experience with Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies

Application development experience

Experience with application support in Linux and Windows server environments

Experience performing technical product assessments, including development of implementation plans, in a large enterprise

Experience mentoring/guiding less experienced staff

Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy

Advanced critical thinking, problem solving and technical troubleshooting abilities

Knowledge and understanding of implementing infrastructure upgrades, security patches, or version upgrades

Knowledge and understanding of monitoring and reporting tools

Experience with and the ability to thrive in a complex and fast-paced technology and/or information security organization, within a large enterprise environment

Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Knowledge and understanding of implementing infrastructure upgrades, security patches, version upgrades for systems, appliances and HSM's

Proven experience with change and incident management practices in medium to large enterprise environments

Experience with coding/scripting against Cyber security tools and products