Application Lead Security Engineer - Greenfield Project

J.P. MORGAN; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as an Application Security Engineer, where you'll enhance security measures and develop critical technology solutions for a global banking platform. This role focuses on preventing security breaches and ensuring robust application security through strategic collaboration and innovative practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in web application penetration testing and security tooling.
• Knowledge of security in distributed systems at scale.
• Experience performing security design reviews and threat modeling.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvements to product security posture through collaboration.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and security testing.
• Conduct regular security assessments and code reviews.

Skills

Security Engineering

Programming

DevOps

Web Application Security

Cloud Technology

Education

Formal Training in Security Engineering

Tools

Burp Proxy

Web Scanners

Static Code Analyzers

Job description

Job Description

Be an integral part of a team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As an Application Security Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Global Banking Platform, you will be a key member of our team. Your role will involve delivering software solutions that meet pre-defined functional and user requirements, with an added focus on preventing misuse, circumvention, and malicious behaviour. You will be responsible for implementing critical technology solutions with tamper-proof, audit defensible methods across multiple technical areas within various business functions, all in support of the firm's business objectives.

We are building the next generation core banking platform that will operate at a global scale and will support hundreds of millions of accounts. We use cloud native technologies, and the work involves the development of micro-services, integrations, dashboards, production support tools, and CI/CD pipelines.

Initially, successful candidates for the role will be seconded to a FinTech software partner. This is an exciting opportunity to experience the day-to-day of a fintech while being fully backed by JPMC. After the conclusion of the secondment, all secondees will return to JPMC and apply the knowledge, technologies, and practices acquired to develop the critical services supporting GBP’s worldwide journey to the cloud.

Job Responsibilities

1. Drive improvements to product security posture through strategic planning and collaboration with development and infrastructure teams, with trust, autonomy, and influence.
2. Produce production web-scale application security design.
3. Review and produce data privacy and financial regulatory functional and non-functional designs.
4. Perform design reviews and Threat Modelling of services and products.
5. Perform vulnerability assessments and security testing.
6. Provide subject matter expertise on all areas of security and privacy throughout the Software Development lifecycle.
7. Liaise with development teams for design, code reviews & education.
8. Contribute to security strategy, security tooling selection, and creation.
9. Conduct regular security assessments and code reviews.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and applied experience.
• Expertise with a programming language (e.g., Python, Go, or Java).
• Experience of security in a DevOps environment.
• Experience in web application penetration testing and security tooling (e.g., Burp proxy, Web/Network Scanners, Static code analysers, etc.).
• Coding experience for automating/integrating security tools and creating security tools.
• Knowledge of security in distributed systems at scale.
• Cloud and containers technology knowledge (e.g., AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience performing security design reviews, threat modelling, and risk assessments.
• Knowledge of application security issues.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Professional security qualifications are desirable.
• Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, etc.).
• Awareness and experience of the Data Protection Act, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS.

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 Consumer & Community Banking Group depends on innovators like you to serve consumers, small businesses, municipalities, and non-profits. You’ll support the delivery of award-winning tools and services that cover everything from personal and small business banking, as well as lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, auto finance, and investment advice. This group is also focused on developing and delivering cutting-edge mobile applications, digital experiences, and next-generation banking technology solutions to better serve our clients and customers.