Sr Lead Security Engineer

Job Description
Join a team where your expertise shapes the future of cloud security at JPMorgan Chase. You will have the opportunity to grow your career, collaborate with talented professionals, and make a meaningful impact on our technology landscape. As part of our innovative environment, you will develop your skills and help protect the firm's assets. You will benefit from a culture that values ownership, continuous improvement, and diverse perspectives. Discover how you can advance your career while making a difference.
As a Sr Lead Cloud Security Engineer in the Product Security team within Cybersecurity & Technology Controls, you will ensure secure and compliant adoption of public cloud technologies. You will work with us to identify and manage risk, influence cloud security strategy, and drive automation. You will be part of a collaborative team that values your insights and fosters professional growth. Together, we create solutions that protect the firm and support our business goals. You will help shape a resilient and forward-thinking security culture.
Job responsibilities

• Contribute to the evolution of a multi-year information risk and control strategy for public cloud.
• Lead risk-based design and assessment of security controls across cloud services and platforms.
• Chair governance forums, make risk acceptance decisions, and drive remediation and benefits realization.
• Partner with senior leaders to embed "security by design" across engineering, product, and risk teams.
• Set the operating model for infrastructure-as-code security, including guardrails and automated controls.
• Establish and maintain documentation, standards, and playbooks for scalable security programs.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of security engineers and risk analysts.
• Define and report control effectiveness and residual risk through executive dashboards.
• Drive tooling and automation strategy for cloud security, including vendor management and integration.
• Strengthen cloud incident preparedness and response through threat modeling and post-incident reviews.
• Implement agile delivery mechanisms for security programs at scale.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Deep expertise securing public cloud environments, including identity management, network segmentation, data protection, and native cloud services across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proven leadership of cross-functional security programs with measurable outcomes.
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate policy and risk requirements into practical designs and policy-as-code guardrails.
• Hands-on familiarity with Terraform, infrastructure-as-code security, DevSecOps, and CI/CD concepts.
• Strong program execution under tight timelines; highly self-directed with a bias for action and ownership.
• Advanced cloud and security certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP Professional or Specialty, CISSP, CCSP, CISM).
• Experience deploying and operating CSPM, CIEM, or CWPP solutions.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience influencing VP+ stakeholders and navigating complex prioritization across platforms.
• Familiarity with enforcement frameworks such as OPA or Sentinel.
• Experience engaging internal audit and external regulators with clear narratives and remediation roadmaps.
• Background in developing and maintaining agile delivery mechanisms for security programs.
• Ability to mentor and develop talent within a matrixed team environment.

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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.
About the Team
Our 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.