Senior Information Security Engineer-DFIR

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a senior Information security engineer .

In this role, you will:

• Lead or participate in computer security incident response activities for moderately complex events
• Conduct technical investigation of security related incidents and post incident digital forensics to identify causes and recommend future mitigation strategies
• Provide security consulting on medium projects for internal clients to ensure conformity with corporate information, security policy, and standards
• Design, document, test, maintain, and provide issue resolution recommendations for moderately 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 consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• at least 6 years of focused professional experience in DFIR, threat hunting, and digital forensics within highly regulated industries (financial services preferred) or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• Proven experience leading complex, multi‑team, enterprise‑wide programs in highly regulated organizations.
• Strong knowledge of digital forensics and incident response principles, tooling, and frameworks (e.g., case management systems, SOAR, log pipelines, forensics investigations, event triage).
• Familiarity with SOC and IR functions, threat intelligence, detection engineering, and crisis management.
• Proficiency with program and project management tools and frameworks (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, SAFe, Agile, Waterfall/Hybrid).
• Exceptional communication skills, including executive‑level reporting, stakeholder engagement, and risk management.
• Ability to operate effectively across highly technical and non‑technical domains, balancing operational needs with engineering constraints and business priorities.

Job Expectations:

• Conduct forensic analysis of cyber incidents including hacking, malware attacks, data breaches and insider threats.
• Identify, preserve, extract and analyze digital evidence from computers, mobile devices, servers, cloud systems, and other digital storage media.
• Use industry-standard forensic tools and techniques (e.g., FTK, EnCase, X-Ways, Autopsy, Volatility, Cellebrite, Volatility, KAPE, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Splunk, Elastic, or similar platforms.
• ) to uncover evidence and trace cyber attackers
•  Lead and execute advanced digital forensic investigations involving endpoint, cloud, network, mobile, email, and SaaS platforms to determine root cause, impact, data exposure, and attacker methodology.
• Serve as Incident Commander during major security events, coordinating cross‑functional technical teams, legal, compliance, risk, and executive leadership to drive timely containment and eradication actions.
• Conduct threat hunting activities leveraging SIEM, EDR, network telemetry, and intelligence sources to proactively identify indicators of compromise (IOCs), anomalous behaviors, and emerging threats targeting the financial sector.
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and standard operating procedures, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, industry frameworks, and evolving threat landscapes.

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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