Principal Engineer – Analytics, Reporting & BI Cybersecurity

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer.

This is a hybrid position.

There is no Visa sponsorship or Visa transfers.

The role is seated in the cities where the req is posted.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Principal Engineer to lead the Analytics, Reporting, and Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives for our Cybersecurity organization. This role will be responsible for shaping and executing the technical strategy, architecture, and delivery of analytics and BI solutions that provide actionable insights into our cybersecurity landscape. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technologist with strong experience in cloud-based data platforms, visualization tools, and reporting frameworks, combined with a deep understanding of cybersecurity data domains.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership:

•            - Define and evolve the technical vision and architecture for analytics, BI, and reporting across Cybersecurity.

•            - Drive the roadmap for BI modernization with a focus on scalability, performance, and self-service capabilities.

•            - Partner with cybersecurity, data, and engineering leaders to align reporting solutions with business priorities.

Engineering Execution:

•            - Lead design, development, and deployment of secure, scalable, and real-time reporting solutions.

•            - Build reusable patterns, templates, and frameworks to standardize reporting and data visualization.

•            - Develop and lead proof-of-concepts (PoCs) to validate emerging technologies or solutions.

Architecture and Governance:

•            - Provide technical guidance on data architecture, data models, and analytics workflows.

•            - Enforce data quality, lineage, and governance standards in BI platforms.

•            - Enable self-service BI and empower users while ensuring compliance with security and data access policies.

Team Leadership and Mentorship:

•            - Mentor engineers across cybersecurity, data engineering, and BI teams.

•            - Set engineering best practices for coding, testing, and deploying reporting pipelines and dashboards.

•            - Drive a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

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

•            Hands on experience in data engineering, BI, or analytics, including at least 3+ years in a lead or principal role

•            Proven track record architecting and delivering enterprise-grade BI and reporting solutions in a cybersecurity or regulated industry

•            Expertise in Cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or Azure)

•            Expertise and hands on skills with BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker, ThoughtSpot)

•            Deep experience with Big data processing (e.g., BigQuery, Spark, SQL, Python)

•            Solid skills in data modeling, ETL frameworks, and data orchestration pipelines

•            Strong understanding of data governance, privacy, and access control in sensitive environments

Preferred Qualifications

•            Hands-on experience with security log data, cyber threat intelligence, or compliance reporting is a plus

•            Experience in cybersecurity analytics use cases (e.g., alert enrichment, risk scoring, posture reporting

•            Familiarity with natural language querying, AI-powered summarization, or augmented BI

•            Exposure to data mesh, data fabric, or federated data architectures

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Diversity

At Wells Fargo, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace; accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, individuals with disabilities, pregnancy, marital status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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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