Wells Fargo
Financial Services
SeniorInformationSecurityEngineer-DFIR
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“Senior Information Security Engineer-DFIR at Wells Fargo. Skills: Incident response, Digital forensics, Threat hunting. Lead incident response activities. Participate in incident response activities”
Industry & Context.
Issue resolution; Risk assessment; Remediation evaluation; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years Information Security Engineering experience
Nice to Have
3+ years DFIR, threat hunting, digital forensics, Experience leading complex programs, Knowledge of DFIR principles, tooling, frameworks, Familiarity with SOC and IR functions, Proficiency with program and project management tools, Exceptional communication skills, Ability to operate across technical and non-technical domains
What You'll Do.
Lead incident response activities
Participate in incident response activities
Conduct technical investigation of incidents
Perform post incident digital forensics
Identify incident causes
Recommend mitigation strategies
Provide security consulting on projects
Ensure conformity with policy
Design security solutions
Document security solutions
Test security solutions
Maintain security solutions
Provide issue resolution recommendations
Correlate security logs
Implement information security components
Identify security vulnerabilities
Identify security issues
Perform risk assessments
Evaluate remediation alternatives
Conduct forensic analysis of cyber incidents
Identify digital evidence
Preserve digital evidence
Extract digital evidence
Analyze digital evidence
Lead digital forensic investigations
Execute digital forensic investigations
Determine data exposure
Determine attacker methodology
Serve as Incident Commander
Coordinate technical teams
Coordinate legal teams
Coordinate compliance teams
Coordinate risk teams
Coordinate executive leadership
Drive containment actions
Drive eradication actions
Conduct threat hunting activities
Proactively identify indicators of compromise
Identify anomalous behaviors
Identify emerging threats
Develop incident response playbooks
Maintain incident response playbooks
Develop standard operating procedures
Maintain standard operating procedures
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional technical teams; Peers, colleagues, and managers
Communication Scope
Executive-level reporting; Stakeholder engagement
Process & Methodology
JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, SAFe, Agile, Waterfall/Hybrid
Full Job Description
**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 3 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 hig
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