About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager.

In this role, you will:

• Manage, coach, and develop a team or teams of experienced engineers and engineering managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk, responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
• Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
• Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example cloud readiness, application modernization, data strategy
• Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
• Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
• Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
• Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
• Interpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
• Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
• Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in technology engineering
• Hire, build and guide a culture of talent development to have the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for product areas and products to meet business objectives and strategy, as well as conduct performance management for engineers and managers

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong hands-on experience in building cloud-native applications using Java, leveraging modern frameworks and microservices architecture
• Deep expertise in AI/ML technologies, including development of risk scoring models and intelligent decisioning systems
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure & GCP), including scalable architecture, security, and DevSecOps practices
• Strong understanding of identity and access management concepts, including authentication, authorization, access governance (RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC), identity lifecycle management, and privileged access management
• Experience in workflow automation (Java, Python, PowerShell, etc.)
• Experience implementing IAM capabilities including RBAC, ABAC, PBAC, SAML, OIDC/OAuth, certifications, credential management, and regulatory frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, SOX, GDPR)
• Strong experience with IAM technologies such as Okta (MFA, SSO, IGA, Workflows, PAM), Active Directory, Entra ID/M365, Saviynt & CyberArk
• Experience with databases (Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL, MySQL, etc.)
• Experience with directory services (LDAP, Active Directory)
• Experience with Security Event and Incident Management (SIEM) tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Graphana etc.
• Strong people leadership experience, including managing multiple agile teams, talent development, and performance management
• Demonstrated ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and succession planning
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across business and technology functions
• Cloud Solution Architect certifications preferred
• Work location - Bangalore / Hyderabad

Job Expectations:-

• Leverage modern cloud and engineering practices to design and deliver scalable IAM products and AI-driven services
• Drive development of Java-based enterprise platforms integrated with AI/ML capabilities
• Lead and inspire multiple agile teams, ensuring delivery excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on quality, innovation, and ownership
• Identify and evaluate complex business and technology risks, and strengthen internal controls
• Assess the broader impact of decisions related to user access, data access, and information security
• Act as part of the leadership structure across IAM capabilities, including Role-Based Access, Unified Certifications, Identity, Sign-On, Federation, MFA, Privileged Access Management, and Directory Services
• Drive adoption and understanding of IAM systems across business stakeholders and support informed decision-making
• Ensure effective communication with senior management, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
• Manage a team, through less experienced managers, of Information Security Engineers that design, document, test, maintain and provide issue resolution recommendations for highly complex security solutions related to networking, cryptography, cloud, authentication or directory services, email, internet, applications, or endpoint security
• Engage more experienced information security and line of business management to identify, formulate and implement information security solutions and controls
• Lead a large, complex information security unit or a number of smaller specialized work units with direct impact to companywide information security objectives having high risk and complexity
• Manage security consulting on large projects for internal clients to ensure conformity with corporate information security policy and standards
• Set guidelines for compliance and risk management requirements for supported area and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Oversee resource allocations to ensure commitments align with strategic objectives
• Manage implementation of information security such as availability, integrity, confidentiality, risk management, threat identification, modeling, monitoring, incident response, access management and business continuity
• Maintain a broad awareness of the state of information security across the enterprise and industry
• Influence change to information security policy, standards and procedures for systems, applications or tools
• Lead large, companywide projects and initiatives
• Represent the organization to regulators, industry groups and governmental agencies
• Interface with Information Security Industry Leaders, Financial industry Leaders, Analysts and Regulators
• Advise more experienced leadership or executive management on issues with high, critical impact on the company
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Information Security Architecture
• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy
• Role is open for both - Bangalore or Hyderabad location.

Posting End Date:

*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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