Lead Information Security Engineer- Digital Forensics

Location: Bengaluru

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Information Security Engineer.

In this role, you will:
Lead computer security incident response activities for highly 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 large projects for internal clients to ensure conformity with corporate information, security policy, and standards
Design, document, test, maintain, and provide issue resolution recommendations for highly 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 influence all levels of professionals including managers
Lead a team to achieve objectives

Required Qualifications:

5+ 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:

Conduct forensic analysis of cyber incidents including hacking, malware attacks, data breaches and insider threats.
Identify, preserve, extract and analyze digital evidence from computers, mobile devices, servers, cloud systems, and other digital storage media.
Use industry-standard forensic tools and techniques (e.g., FTK, EnCase, X-Ways, Autopsy, Volatility, Cellebrite) to uncover evidence and trace cyber attackers

Job Expectations:
Maintain chain of custody and documentation throughout all stages of evidence handling.
Recover deleted files, analyze file systems, examine metadata, and interpret logs and communication records.
Prepare detailed forensic reports
Assist in developing incident response strategies and improving organizational cyber resilience.
Stay current with evolving cyber threats, forensic tools, and investigation methodologies.

Posting End Date:

11 Feb 2026

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.

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