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Senior Cyber Security Research Consultant

Wells Fargo
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Apr 2025
💰 $171,800/yr($96,600/yr$171,800/yr)

About the role

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Research Consultant in Technology as part of Cybersecurity. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.

Our Cyber Security’s vision is to provide Wells Fargo world leading cyber security risk management. Through a framework that addresses policy, process, operations, people, and technology as we protect Wells Fargo’s infrastructure, corporate data, and customer assets, and ensures alignment with applicable regulations and laws.

The Cyber Security team is looking for a strong cyber security professional to join the Offensive Security Research Team (Red Team). This role will assess cloud-based and on-premise deployments for security gaps in configuration and implementation. Candidates should have a deep understanding of how data is stored, accessed, and managed. This position is a senior role responsible for leading and executing security assessments from end to end. Opportunities will exist for contributing and collaborating on assessments of mission critical cloud deployments for enabling the day-to-day activities of a large enterprise at scale. This position reports to the Offensive Security Research Team and works closely with our cyber defense partners in a purple team capacity.


In this role, you will:

  • Lead initiatives including the research, analysis, design, testing and implementation of the most complex computer network security and protection technologies for company information and network systems and applications

  • Act as professional ethical penetration tester utilizing hacking tools to modify or create proof of concept exploits that mimic techniques of the most sophisticated attackers

  • Review and analyze complex advanced computer security incident response activities and technical investigations of information security related incidents

  • Identify vulnerabilities and associate those to a severity rating by deriving impact and ease of exploit

  • Conduct security risk assessments to ensure compliance with corporate information security policies and adherence to best practices

  • Communicate to the line of business on the inherent risks, providing meaningful mitigation strategies

  • Provide leadership to principal engineers and supports special projects

  • Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

  • 4+ years of Cyber Penetration testing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

  • 3+ years of Cloud Security experience

  • 2+ years of Agile and SecDevOps experience

  • 2+ years of Application Security experience

Desired Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of Cyber Threat Intelligence experience

  • 2+ years of Mainframe Security


Job Expectations:

  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule

Posting Locations:

  • 1525 W T Harris Blvd. - Charlotte, North Carolina 28262

  • 2600 S Price Rd.- Chandler, AZ 85286

  • 550 S 4th St.- Minneapolis, MN 55415

  • 1301 Solana Blvd - Westlake, TX 76262

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$96,600.00 - $171,800.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits

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