Application Lead Security Engineer - Greenfield Project

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as an Application Security Engineer, where you will enhance security measures and deliver software solutions. Collaborate with teams to drive improvements in security posture and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a fintech environment while contributing to the development of critical banking technologies.

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 modelling.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvements to product security posture through collaboration.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and security testing.
• Liaise with development teams for design and code reviews.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Security Engineering

DevOps

Cloud Technologies

Data Protection Laws

Education

Formal training or certification in security engineering

Tools

Burp Suite

Web/Network Scanners

Static code analyzers

Job description

Job DescriptionJob 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 core banking platform that will operate at a global scale and will support hundreds of millions of accounts. We use cloud 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 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 grade 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, and education.
8. Contribute to security strategy, tooling selection, and creation.
9. Conduct regular security assessments and code reviews.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

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

Additional qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Professional security qualifications are desirable.
• Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, etc.).
• Awareness and experience with data protection laws, 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 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 key to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on protected attributes. We also accommodate religious practices, mental health, or physical needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting accommodations.

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, including personal and small business banking, lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, auto finance, and investment advice. This group focuses on developing cutting-edge mobile applications, digital experiences, and next-generation banking technology solutions to better serve our clients and customers.