Senior Lead Infrastructure Engineer - HSM

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer in Bournemouth, UK. The candidate will be responsible for designing and deploying payment Hardware Security Module (HSM) infrastructures, ensuring compliance with banking regulations, and developing automation tools. Ideal candidates will have strong backgrounds in OpenSSL and programming in Python or Java, alongside experience in payment compliance. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts.
• Hands-on experience with OpenSSL and authentication mechanisms.
• Proficiency in Python or Java frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment and integration of Payment HSMs across enterprise environments.
• Collaborate with engineers and application teams for new infrastructure.
• Maintain and develop automation and tooling using Python and PowerShell.

Skills

OpenSSL

Python

Java

Payments compliance

Agile

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Formal training in Computer Science

Tools

JIRA

Job description

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Job Description

As the Lead Infrastructure Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the IP organization, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and supporting payment Hardware Security Module (HSM) infrastructure deployments. You will focus on supporting line of business applications to implement and test new features and solutions on our HSM estate, while supporting and further developing the current fleet of HSMs and associated automation tooling. This role offers the opportunity to lead deployment and integration of Payment HSMs across enterprise environments, collaborate with datacenter engineers, application teams, and key management personnel, and ensure compliance with banking regulations and security frameworks.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead deployment and integration of Payment HSMs across enterprise environments
• Partner with datacenter engineers, application teams, key management personnel to deploy new infrastructure
• Collaborate line of business projects in support of new features
• Maintain and develop automation and tooling using Python, PowerShell, Java
• Partner with stakeholders to align HSM solutions with business, security & audit needs
• Mentor engineers, encourage best practices, and foster technical collaboration
• Produce clear technical documentation and contribute to team knowledge sharing
• Ensure compliance with banking regulations and security frameworks e.g. PCI-HSM, PCI-DSS, FIPS, P2PE, etc.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts and applied experience
• Hands‑on experience with OpenSSL and certificate based authentication mechanisms
• Proficiency in one or more development frameworks (Ideally Python or Java)
• Strong knowledge of payments application concepts, including key exchange, encryption key storage, authentication flows, HSMs
• Experience with payments compliance requirements
• Experience with HSM troubleshooting
• Familiarity with Agile and JIRA
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and technical writing skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver in a fast‑paced 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.