Lead Information Security Engineer - DLP Governance

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Information Security Analyst to support Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Governance. This role will sustain and mature governance activities that help keep DLP controls effective, compliant, risk-aligned, and responsive to evolving business needs. The position provides dedicated oversight across policy exceptions and violations, policy adherence, enterprise issues, and line-of-business escalations.

In this role, you will:

• Lead governance, tracking, remediation coordination, and oversight for DLP policy exceptions and violations.

• Monitor adherence to DLP policies, identify gaps, coordinate remediation, and escalate non-adherence.
• Provide governance oversight for enterprise DLP issues, including risk identification and issue-lifecycle oversight where issues may affect DLP.
• Review, investigate, and coordinate DLP escalations from lines of business.
• Connect policy gaps, exception trends, enterprise issues, and escalations into a cohesive view of DLP risk.
• Partner with DLP engineering, risk, control, and business stakeholders to clarify ownership, drive timely action, and improve governance outcomes.
• Develop and maintain governance reporting, status updates, and supporting documentation for leadership review.
• Handle sensitive information required for risk, issue, and escalation oversight in accordance with applicable access and data-handling requirements.
• Execute the governance controls

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:·      

• Cybersecurity experience
• Experience with Data Loss Prevention governance, information security governance, technology risk, or control oversight.
• Experience managing policy exceptions, control gaps, remediation activities, enterprise issues, or risk escalations.
• Ability to analyze multiple risk signals and translate them into clear governance priorities and leadership-ready reporting.
• Ability to influence and coordinate across engineering, risk, control, and line-of-business stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong written communication, documentation, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Experience working with regulated or sensitive information, such as Confidential Supervisory Information, Financial Crime information, or Personally Identifiable Information.

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work on-site in one of the posted locations in a hybrid model. There is no opportunity for 100% remote work.
• This role is not available for visa sponsorship

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$119,000.00 - $224,000.00

Posting End Date:

13 Nov 2026

*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.

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