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.
The Email Security Lead oversees the protection of the organization's email environment by managing threat detection, prevention tools, and policies. This role provides technical leadership, ensures strong security controls, and partners with key technology teams to reduce risk and support enterprise security initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead detection, analysis, and mitigation of email-based threats (phishing, malware, impersonation, BEC).
- Manage and optimize enterprise email security platforms and threat-prevention technologies.
- Maintain and enforce email security policies, standards, and best practices.
- Coordinate with Messaging, Identity, Security Operations, and Incident Response teams.
- Deliver reporting on threat trends, system performance, and control effectiveness.
- Recommend improvements to strengthen email security posture.
- Lead computer security incident response activities for highly 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 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 Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- Hands-on experience with enterprise email security solutions (e.g., MDO, Proofpoint, Mimecast, Ironscales, etc.).
- Strong understanding of email-based attack methods and defensive controls.
- Experience supporting incident response and tuning security policies/rules.
- Ability to lead cross-team initiatives and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in large enterprise or public-sector environments.
- Familiarity with identity platforms (Azure AD, conditional access).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft Security, Security+, CySA+, GIAC).
- Scripting/automation experience (PowerShell, Python).
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $2.1 trillion in assets. We provide a diversified set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth & Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 33 on Fortune’s 2025 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Our technology professionals drive innovation, information security, and big data analytics while maintaining a network that handles more than 12 billion customer interactions a year. Join us! Are you looking for more? Find it here. At Wells Fargo, we're more than a financial services leader – we’re a global trailblazer committed to driving innovation, empowering communities, and helping our customers succeed. We believe that a meaningful career is much more than just a job – it’s about finding all of the elements to help you thrive, in one place. Living the Well Life means you’re supported in life, not just work. It means having robust benefits, competitive compensation, and programs designed to help you find work-life balance and well-being. You’ll be rewarded for investing in your community, celebrated for being your authentic self, and empowered to grow. And we’re recognized for it – Wells Fargo once again ranked in the top three – making us the #1 financial services employer – on the 2025 LinkedIn Top Companies list of best workplaces “to grow your career” in the U.S. 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. © 2026 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC.
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