Senior Lead Security Engineer

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Senior level
Financial Services
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The Role
Leads enterprise cybersecurity engineering across complex technology environments. Designs and implements security solutions, clarifies security requirements, prioritizes threats, and conducts threat modeling, vulnerability discovery, and penetration testing. Partners with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to embed security throughout the development lifecycle. Uses and validates AI-assisted security analysis while ensuring data sensitivity, traceability, auditability, resiliency, and risk mitigation.
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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 and Controls team, 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

  • Facilitate security requirements clarification for multiple networks to enable multi-level security environments that satisfy organizational needs
  • Partner with stakeholders and senior business leaders to recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability, ensuring continuity and risk mitigation
  • Triage and prioritize threats based on risk assessments, managing resources to minimize the impact of disruptive events
  • Apply reuse-first, AI-assisted practices within software development lifecycle and toolchain routines to strengthen security testing and control validation, ensuring traceability, auditability, and alignment to resiliency and security expectations
  • Use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation, including synthesizing threat assessments, while validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately
  • Design, develop, and implement enterprise-level security solutions that address complex, multi-domain cybersecurity challenges
  • Conduct threat modeling, vulnerability discovery, and penetration testing to proactively identify and remediate security risks
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and product teams to embed security best practices throughout the development lifecycle

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 across complex technology environments
  • Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with the ability to independently tackle design and functionality challenges with minimal oversight
  • Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes, with considerable depth in one or more disciplines such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile
  • Extensive experience with threat modeling, vulnerability discovery, and penetration testing
  • Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to support security engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
  • Ability to review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and ensuring outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience working in large-scale, highly regulated financial services or enterprise environments
  • Familiarity with cloud-native security architectures and securing distributed systems across hybrid environments
  • Knowledge of industry security frameworks and standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, or SOC 2
  • Experience with DevSecOps practices and integrating security tooling into continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines
  • Exposure to emerging technologies and their security implications, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language model-based systems

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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 TeamOur professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

Skills Required

  • Formal training or certification in security engineering concepts
  • 5+ years of applied security engineering experience
  • Experience planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level security solutions
  • Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages
  • Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes
  • Depth in cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile technologies
  • Extensive experience with threat modeling, vulnerability discovery, and penetration testing
  • Experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities in security engineering workflows
  • Ability to validate AI-assisted security recommendations and handle uncertainty and sensitive data appropriately
  • Experience in large-scale, highly regulated financial services or enterprise environments
  • Familiarity with cloud-native security architectures and hybrid distributed systems
  • Knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 security frameworks
  • Experience with DevSecOps and integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines
  • Exposure to security implications of AI, machine learning, and large language model systems

JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

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