Principal Engineer - IAM/PAM

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer for our Cybersecurity organization.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as the principal technical architect for Privileged Access Management strategy, architecture, engineering standards, and roadmap execution across human and non-human identities.
• Provide enterprise-wide leadership for CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault, Privileged Session Manager, Privileged Session Monitoring, Central Policy Manager, Credential Providers, AIM, CCP, Secure Infrastructure Access, and privileged account governance capabilities.
• Lead the design and modernization of privileged access services with a focus on eliminating standing privilege, implementing just-in-time access models, reducing credential exposure, and increasing automation of privileged account lifecycle management.
• Establish enterprise architecture patterns for privileged credentials, service accounts, shared administrative accounts, secrets management, privileged sessions, application authentication, and non-human identities.
• Drive strategic integration across CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, Microsoft Entra ID, ServiceNow, Saviynt, Sphereboard, cloud platforms, and enterprise identity services.
• Define target-state architecture and engineering standards for credential onboarding, password rotation, session brokering, application secrets management, credential discovery, and privileged access automation.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Application Development, Identity Management, and Risk organizations to implement scalable privileged access controls across the enterprise.
• Provide architectural oversight for large-scale PAM transformation initiatives including platform consolidation, vault modernization, privileged session expansion, non-human identity governance, and identity hygiene programs.
• Act as the senior technical advisor to executive leadership and influence long-term PAM strategy, security architecture decisions, risk reduction priorities, and investment initiatives.
• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
• Demonstrate proficiency in using AI‑assisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved code‑centric agents)
• Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting
• Apply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AI‑assisted outputs into solutions
• Understand and account for model limitations, security risks, and operational considerations
• Apply AI responsibly in development and production environments
• Ensure AI usage aligns with security, compliance, privacy, and ethical standards

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

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Posting End Date:

23 Sep 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.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

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