Lead Business Systems Consultant Perimeter Research & Application Penetration Testing

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Business Systems Consultant to support the Perimeter Research & Application Penetration Testing (PRAPT) team. This role serves as the operational owner of the application penetration testing process, coordinating assessment intake, scheduling, readiness activities, stakeholder communications, remediation tracking, governance reporting, and overall delivery execution.

The successful candidate will partner with application teams, penetration testers, Application Security Champions, and technology partners to ensure assessments are properly scoped, scheduled, executed, and remediated. This individual will act as a key liaison throughout the testing lifecycle, facilitating discussions around vulnerabilities, assessment findings, remediation efforts, and retesting activities.

Additionally, this role functions as a ServiceNow Product Owner for PRAPT-related workflows and requires ownership of technology operational processes supporting the penetration testing program. Strong communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills are critical, as the role involves managing multiple concurrent assessments, resolving delivery issues, coordinating dependencies, and providing leadership reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end application penetration testing activities, including intake, scheduling, readiness validation, testing support, remediation tracking, and retesting.
• Partner with application teams to gather required documentation, credentials, environment access, and assessment prerequisites.
• Serve as the primary liaison between testers, application teams, security stakeholders, and technology partners.
• Facilitate discussions around vulnerabilities, findings, remediation plans, and testing outcomes.
• Act as Product Owner for ServiceNow workflows supporting penetration testing operations.
• Manage assessment metrics, governance reporting, executive communications, and delivery status updates.
• Lead Agile work intake, prioritization, dependency management, and issue escalation activities.
• Drive operational excellence by improving processes, forecasting delivery capacity, and ensuring consistent execution across the program.

• Demonstrate proficiency in using AI‑assisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved code‑centric agents)
• Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting
• Apply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AI‑assisted 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

• 5+ years of Business Systems Data and Business Systems Designing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications

• Experience coordinating complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and delivery timelines
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience using workflow and project management tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, or similar platforms
• Ability to analyze issues, manage risks, coordinate remediation efforts, and drive work to completion

• Exposure to Application Security, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Management, or Cybersecurity programs
• Understanding of application security assessment lifecycles and vulnerability remediation processes
• Experience supporting governance, compliance, metrics reporting, or executive-level communications

Job Expectations: 

•  Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Ability to work a hybrid work schedule – 3 days a week on-site/in office and 2 days a week remote.
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Locations

• 1525 W WT Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC
• 401 Las Colinas Blvd. W, Irving, TX
• 550 4th St., Minneapolis, MN
• 2600 South Price Road, Chandler, AZ

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.

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:

*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.

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