What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Security Engineer position at wellsfargo?
Title: Network Security Engineer
Location: Chandler, AZ
Alternate Location: Charlotte, NC
Duration: 24 months
Work Engagement: W2
Work Schedule: 3 days in office/2 days remote
Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits
Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer with a strong background in Network Security, Firewall Engineering, and Security Architecture to support a large enterprise environment. This role will focus on designing, implementing, and managing firewall policies, securing network communications, and ensuring adherence to enterprise security standards and least-privilege principles. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on security engineer with experience supporting both infrastructure and application-related network traffic, collaborating closely with Security Architecture, Infrastructure Engineering, and Principal Engineering teams to identify risks, drive remediation efforts, and strengthen the organization's security posture.
Responsibilities:
Design, implement, refine, and manage firewall rules and policies aligned with least-privilege access principles.
Review and analyze network traffic flows to ensure secure communication between applications, infrastructure, and external services.
Support infrastructure security initiatives and drive remediation of security findings, policy violations, and baseline compliance gaps.
Manage infrastructure security exceptions, risk assessments, and escalations.
Partner with Security Architecture, Infrastructure Engineering, and Principal Engineers to ensure alignment with enterprise security standards.
Evaluate and implement security controls that support confidentiality, integrity, and availability objectives.
Assist with application and infrastructure segmentation strategies to reduce security risk.
Conduct security reviews and provide recommendations based on industry best practices.
Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and technologies and recommend appropriate security measures.
Support risk management, threat identification, monitoring, incident response, access management, and business continuity initiatives.
Perform in-depth security analysis and troubleshooting to resolve complex network security issues.
Ensure compliance with corporate security policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications:
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
4 years of Information Security Engineering experience.
Strong hands-on experience with Network Security Engineering.
Experience managing and configuring firewalls, firewall rules, security policies, and network segmentation controls.
Demonstrated experience applying least-privilege access principles.
Experience supporting and securing infrastructure environments, not solely application security.
Knowledge of security architecture concepts and application/infrastructure segmentation.
Ability to independently research, analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve security issues.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional technical teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in financial services, banking, or other highly regulated environments.
Experience with enterprise-scale security architecture initiatives.
Exposure to risk management and security governance practices.
Familiarity with enterprise infrastructure technologies and hybrid environments.
Experience supporting large-scale firewall environments and complex network architectures.