Senior Information Security Engineer - AWS Cloud Security

Wells Fargo•Columbus, OH

4d•$100,000 - $163,000•Onsite

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer in Cybersecurity as part of Identity Access Management Engineering. This role will support the design, build, and security of AWS cloud capabilities at enterprise scale. The engineer will help implement security architecture, engineering standards, guardrails, automation, and operational controls that enable secure adoption of AWS across the company. This individual will partner with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Data Protection, Risk Management, and Application Development teams to support a modern cloud platform aligned with the firm’s security, resilience, regulatory, and operational objectives.

Requirements

4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years of hands-on AWS security engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting enterprise AWS cloud security initiatives in a regulated environment.
Experience implementing cloud security controls, guardrails, policy enforcement, and governance frameworks.
Strong knowledge of AWS security services and capabilities across identity, networking, encryption, logging, monitoring, detection, and governance.
Experience securing containerized and cloud-native workloads using Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, and serverless technologies
Experience integrating cloud platforms with enterprise IAM, PAM, and cybersecurity ecosystems
Experience implementing cloud security controls within large-scale enterprise environments.
Experience partnering with development, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver cloud-based solutions.
Experience supporting multi-cloud environments
Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and automated cloud provisioning
Understanding of Zero Trust architecture, DevSecOps, CI/CD security, and software supply chain security
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
Ability to operate in a large, complex enterprise environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

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
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