Senior Cybersecurity Operations Lead — Acquisitions

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Security Operations Senior Associate to join the Cybersecurity and Tech Controls team in London. You will detect, analyze, and respond to threats, lead incident investigations, and help strengthen the organization's security posture across data and infrastructure.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop playbooks, and educate staff on security best practices, including work on weekend rotations and adherence to in-office attendance policies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, including threat detection, incident response, or vulnerability management.
• Proven experience in network trace analysis, log analysis, vulnerability assessment, exploitation techniques, and security investigations in response to security incidents.
• Proficiency in scripting for task automation, implementing controls, and data manipulation.
• Strong understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorization, and security architecture design principles.
• Hands-on experience with security tools and technologies such as SIEM, IDS, EDR, malware analysis tools and email security solutions.
• Knowledge of adversary tactics, attack stages, and detection methods.
• Familiarity with enterprise security technologies, Windows and Linux operating systems (OS) and the ability to identify signs of compromise.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present risks and findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze security infrastructure, contributing to detection and response to threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of sensitive data and systems
• Conduct in-depth security investigations, including log analysis, network trace review, and other data sources to identify root causes, assess impact, and gather evidence for response and mitigation actions
• Triage and remediation of security alerts, along with end-to-end ownership of an investigation and active participation in incident response
• Create and maintain process documentation to support consistent and effective incident response
• Develop and maintain threat detection and response playbooks, incorporating industry best practices, regulatory requirements, and lessons learnt from previous incidents
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement coordinated security strategies, policies, and procedures, while educating employees on best practices
• Provide intelligence services to JPMorgan Chase acquisitions, including drafting and disseminating vulnerability and intelligence reports.
• Liaise regularly with acquisitions to maintain lines of communication, understand and document their cybersecurity posture and unique challenges, identifying uplift opportunities where possible.
• Willing to work a shift schedule that includes weekend work every four weeks and complying with firmwide in-office attendance policies
• Take active ownership of issues affecting acquisitions and drive any identified uplifts to completion
• Act as a point of escalation for analysts on the team

Tools

SIEM

IDS

EDR

Malware analysis tools

Email security solutions

Job description

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Security Operations Senior Associate to join the Cybersecurity and Tech Controls team in London. You will detect, analyze, and respond to threats, lead incident investigations, and help strengthen the organization's security posture across data and infrastructure.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop playbooks, and educate staff on security best practices, including work on weekend rotations and adherence to in-office attendance policies.