The Senior Lead Security Engineer will guide threat modeling solutions, ensuring security integrations, developing software, and influencing product design in a cybersecurity context.
Job Description
Join a team where you can play a crucial role in shaping the future of a world-renowned company and make a direct and meaningful impact in a space designed for top performers.
As a Senior Lead Security Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls organization, you are an integral part of an agile 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of cybersecurity challenges that span multiple technology domains.
Job responsibilities
• Designs and implements solutions for the threat modeling community• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors• Is accountable for integration, upkeep and availability of small-medium size vendor applications• Communicates JPMC technical control requirements to the vendor to improve security posture• Partners with the vendor product and engineering teams to test and deploy JPMC requested features• Leads design and implementation of integration with other JPMC applications to vendors' products.• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firm-wide frameworks, tools, and practices of Threat Modeling• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.• Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level security solutions• Advanced in one or more programming languages (java, python)• Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, thread modeling)• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight • Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability with Java; REST APIs; Web Services; building event-driven Micro Services; Kafka streaming, Spring Framework• Experience with provisioning tools including Terraform and Cloud Formation as well as CI/CD• Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration platforms including Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, etc. • Proficient with Data modeling and database design• Experience with observability and monitoring configuration tools using Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, etc.• Agile development methodologies, application
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Experience with threat modeling• Large Language Models and prompt engineering• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional Certification(s)• Atlas experience with EC2, ECS, RDS MS SQL Server, S3, ASG, Route53• Spinnaker• Shell scripting and Unix admin
About Us
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. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of 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
About the Team
The Cybersecurity & Technology Controls group at JPMorganChase aligns the firm's cybersecurity, access management, controls and resiliency teams. The group proactively and strategically partners with all lines of business and functions to enable them to design, adopt and integrate appropriate controls; deliver processes and solutions efficiently and consistently; and drive automation of controls. The group's number one priority is to enable the business by keeping the firm safe, stable and resilient.
High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.
Join a team where you can play a crucial role in shaping the future of a world-renowned company and make a direct and meaningful impact in a space designed for top performers.
As a Senior Lead Security Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls organization, you are an integral part of an agile 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of cybersecurity challenges that span multiple technology domains.
Job responsibilities
• Designs and implements solutions for the threat modeling community• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors• Is accountable for integration, upkeep and availability of small-medium size vendor applications• Communicates JPMC technical control requirements to the vendor to improve security posture• Partners with the vendor product and engineering teams to test and deploy JPMC requested features• Leads design and implementation of integration with other JPMC applications to vendors' products.• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firm-wide frameworks, tools, and practices of Threat Modeling• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.• Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level security solutions• Advanced in one or more programming languages (java, python)• Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, thread modeling)• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight • Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability with Java; REST APIs; Web Services; building event-driven Micro Services; Kafka streaming, Spring Framework• Experience with provisioning tools including Terraform and Cloud Formation as well as CI/CD• Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration platforms including Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, etc. • Proficient with Data modeling and database design• Experience with observability and monitoring configuration tools using Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, etc.• Agile development methodologies, application
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Experience with threat modeling• Large Language Models and prompt engineering• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional Certification(s)• Atlas experience with EC2, ECS, RDS MS SQL Server, S3, ASG, Route53• Spinnaker• Shell scripting and Unix admin
About Us
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. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of 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
About the Team
The Cybersecurity & Technology Controls group at JPMorganChase aligns the firm's cybersecurity, access management, controls and resiliency teams. The group proactively and strategically partners with all lines of business and functions to enable them to design, adopt and integrate appropriate controls; deliver processes and solutions efficiently and consistently; and drive automation of controls. The group's number one priority is to enable the business by keeping the firm safe, stable and resilient.
High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.
Top Skills
AWS
Ci/Cd
Cloud Formation
Docker
Ecs
Grafana
Java
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Python
Splunk
Terraform
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