Executive Director Security Infrastructure Engineering Senior Manager (Data at Rest Encryption)

About this role

Join an exciting, fast-paced organization working on cutting edge encryption, tokenization and key management technologies, leveraged to protect information companywide.  Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and oversee team working with CipherTrust Transparent Data Encryption.  This leadership role requires strong Information Technology and Information Security foundational knowledge, as well as experience with and awareness of encryption and key management technologies and engineering practices.  The ideal candidate for this position will have demonstrated experience leading a team, influencing and collaborating with all levels of leadership, including Executives, in a large Enterprise environment.  The role closely partners with stakeholders across Wells Fargo Technology Infrastructure, Cybersecurity and lines of business to drive information protection product delivery, support business priorities and oversees the allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives.  The role will report directly to the Managing Director and Head of Wells Fargo’s Critical Security Infrastructure organization.

In this role, you will:

• Focus on delivering commitments aligned to enterprise strategic priorities
• Build support for strategies with business and technology leaders
• Guide development of actionable roadmaps and plans
• Identify opportunities and strategies for continuous improvement of product delivery practices
• Identify financial management and strategic resourcing
• Set risk management guidelines and partner with stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Develop strategies for hiring engineering, operational and administrative talent
• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including more experienced managers
• Lead team to achieve objectives and key results
• Interface with external agencies, regulatory bodies, or industry forums
• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy
• Lead the team by making strategic decisions to resolve highly complex issues to meet higher risk deliverables like content strategy/creation, customer experience, analytics/research or product management
• Interpret and develop range of policies and procedures for functions with moderate to higher complexity and risk
• Build and sustain a strong risk culture including a balanced approach through working in cooperation and consultation with all lines of defense across the enterprise.
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in aligned department or business group
• Lead efforts to facilitate / manage projects, products, strategic plans and execute other operational aspects on behalf of leader
• Lead efforts to define / manage required business plans (i.e. draft proposals & plans) and support related initiatives across products – including analyzing & identifying opportunities for efficiencies and innovation across internal processes and the tools to support.
• Support the product line general manager to solve problems, manage disputes and deal with any issues impacting the TI organization.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ 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 Management experience

• Hands‑on experience designing, deploying, and operating Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption (CTE) for unstructured data at rest, including file, folder, and volume‑level encryption 

• Deep understanding of CTE agent architecture, GuardPoints, policies, and In‑Place / Live Data Transformation (IDT/LDT) concepts and trade‑offs 

• Proven experience administering CipherTrust Manager (formerly DSM/Vormetric) for: Centralized key lifecycle management, Policy enforcement and Audit and access logging 

• Strong engineering experience with Linux (RHEL, SLES), Windows, and AIX in enterprise environments 

• Practical knowledge of supported file systems (e.g., ext3/ext4, NTFS, NFS, raw disk encryption scenarios) and their interaction with CTE agents

• Ability to assess kernel compatibility, AES‑NI requirements, and host readiness prior to encryption enablement 

• Strong understanding of data‑at‑rest encryption principles, including: Threat models beyond disk theft (privileged user access, data exfiltration), Why file/folder‑level encryption