Lead Info Security Engineer - Palo Alto Firewall

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer as part of our network infrastructure team to support our network segmentation program.   This is a new team focused on managing Palo Alto firewalls within our access space.  Primarily the firewalls being managed will be used for remote access, segmentation, and specific internal network zones.

 
In this role, you will:

• Design, document, test, maintain, and provide issue resolution recommendations for highly complex security solutions related to network security
• Follow change and incident management formal processes
• Review and correlate Palo Alto firewall security logs for troubleshooting
• 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 Lead Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 2+ years of network routing and switching experience
• 4+ years Palo Alto firewall experience (infrastructure and policy) – including PAN-OS advanced configuration, Application-based (App-ID), User-ID integration with Active Directory or Azure AD, SSL decryption (both inbound and outbound), Threat prevention, URL filtering, Wildfire, and DNS security.
• 2+ years expertise in Panorama – template stacks, device groups, policy hierarchy, logging, reporting, custom dashboards, role-based control
• 2+ years expertise with Palo Alto advanced features – Zone protection profiles and DoS policies, Decryption policy tuning and troubleshooting, SD-WAN or virtual wire deployments

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Global Protect
• Experience with Ansible
• Information security experience including experience in one or more of the following security disciplines: information security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, host/network forensics, cyber-crime investigation, penetration testing, business continuity, or cyber threat intelligence
• Experience with documentation creation/maintenance
• Ability to provide leadership by coaching, training, and mentoring
• Splunk experience
• Agile experience

Job Expectations:

• This is a hybrid working schedule in the approved location
• Occasional after hours change implementation and issue resolution
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Posting End Date: 

16 Sep 2025

*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.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

Applicants with Disabilities

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