JPMorgan Lead Security Engineer - Cloud 

United States, Texas, Plano 

291593232

As a Lead Security Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls, 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.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver as an experienced cloud practitioner with an extensive and proven track record administering deployments on cloud computing platforms, with a particular focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Function in systems engineering, systems integrations, and systems administration roles. Demonstrate strong working knowledge of Windows and Linux systems internals
• Engage effectively with third-party vendors and communicate and collaborate with a broad range of internal teams
• 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

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal 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
• Proficient in AWS services
• Strong experience defining and implementing infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, and associated automation tooling

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience effectively communicating with senior business leaders
• Cloud computing related certifications with an AWS focus are strongly preferred, such as Certified Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or similar
• Able to implement complex business logic in Python, Bash, PowerShell, and other scripting languages
• Specific experience deploying commercial software at scale into an enterprise environment
• Knowledge in Cyber Security fundamentals