Lead Security Engineer

Take on a crucial role where you'll be a key part of a high-performing team delivering secure software solutions. Make a real impact as you help shape the future of software security at one of the world's largest and most influential companies.

As a Lead Security Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the (CTC) Cybersecurity and Technology Controls line of business, you are an integral part of team that works to deliver software solutions that satisfy pre-defined functional and user requirements with the added dimension of preventing misuse, circumvention, and malicious behavior. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions with tamper-proof, audit defensible methods across multiple technical areas within various business functions.

This role is within the CTC Product Security team aligned to the Cloud Services Enablement spanning across multiple public cloud providers. Your responsibility will be to ensure that Public Cloud is adopted in a secure and compliant manner. You will play an important role in identifying and managing risk related issues and actions with respective technology. You will have an eye for detail and an ability to see the big picture across security issues.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative security solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions and break down technical problems.

• Develops secure and high-quality production code and reviews and debugs code written by others.

• Minimizes security vulnerabilities by following industry insights and governmental regulations to continuously evolve security protocols, including creating processes to determine the effectiveness of current controls.

• Works with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability.

• Conducts discovery, vulnerability, penetration testing, and threat scenarios on multiple organizational assets to identify and assess if vulnerabilities are present and executes threat modeling for multiple applications including external applications interacting with the internal JPMorgan Chase network.

• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

• Lead the execution and enhancement of a long-term information risk and control strategy designed to keep the information assets of the public cloud secure.

• Deliver risk-based assessments of secure technology controls relating to cloud services, cloud platforms and architectural components.

• Perform security reviews of infrastructure-as-code for cloud platform enhancements.

• Support business technology teams to understand control requirements and associated scope dependent on cloud architecture.

• Interface with wider CTC teams ensuring platform integration with security operations, threat intelligence, IAM and network security.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• F ormal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.

• Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise level security solutions.

• Advanced in one or more programming languages

• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle

• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

• Experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing

• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A keen desire to learn how new technologies operate and how to secure them.

• Work independently, collaborate within a team, comfortable in a virtual environment, self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, and strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.

• Proficient verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively participate in discussions and meetings with internal management, external / internal audit, peer groups, regulators, and senior stakeholders.

• Ability to lead within a cross Line of Business technology organization, empower people, build rapport, garnering respect, and appropriately exercising authority in a collaborative cross-cultural environment.

• Willingness to understand technology processes such as resiliency, disaster recovery management, performance and capacity management required specific to the public cloud.

• Certifications in AWS, Azure, Google, security certifications, CCSP, CISA, CISSP, CISM or other information security certifications would be a significant advantage.

• Hands on experience of developing and/or architecting within a Public Cloud environment would be a significant advantage.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans