Tech Risk and Controls Lead

Next Frontier Capital; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Tech Risk & Controls Lead to drive governance, risk, and control design across CIB technology platforms. The role blends cybersecurity, engineering, and GRC to translate technical findings into senior-risk narratives and ensure robust control environments.

Expect hands‑on deep-dives, cross‑functional collaboration, and evidence-based risk decisions. With a deep technical background and broad risk management experience, you will review architectures, validate control

Qualifications

• Software or security engineering background with Python and AWS.
• Experience in risk identification, assessments, control testing and mitigation.
• Strong SDLC/CI/CD knowledge for financial services environments.

Responsibilities

• Identify risks via hands-on technical deep-dives across applications.
• Assess, monitor, and report technology risks ensuring compliance with standards.
• Design and support implementation of controls with cross-functional teams.
• Evaluate control effectiveness and propose improvements.
• Analyze complex issues and advise on risk mitigation strategies.
• Document and communicate risks; define action plans with teams.
• Identify threats through threat modeling with application teams.

Skills

Security engineering

Python

Cloud AWS

GRC knowledge

SDLC & CI/CD

Risk assessment

Stakeholder mgmt

Threat modeling

Tools

Athena

SecDb

Quartz

RICE

Job description

As a Tech Risk & Controls Lead in the Cyber Security & Tech Controls (CTC) team, aligned to the Corporate Investment Banking division, you will be a key member of the Cyber Risk Management function supporting technology teams that build, operate, and deliver financial markets platforms and applications across the CIB Markets business. You will operate at the intersection of cybersecurity, engineering, and GRC—driving outcomes through hands‑on technical analysis, practical control design, and evidence‑based risk decisions.

You will contribute to the successful identification and management of technology‑aligned aspects of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) in line with the firm’s standards, with a strong emphasis on practical implementation realities (architecture, infrastructure, SDLC, tooling, and operational resilience). Leveraging a deep technical and/or engineering background and broad risk management experience, you will identify, assess, and monitor risks and the implementation of effective controls across complex systems and environments. You will be expected to review architectures, interrogate technical designs, validate control effectiveness through artifacts/logs/configurations, and translate technical deficiencies into clear risk narratives for senior stakeholders.

Job responsibilities

• Identify risks: Conduct hands‑on technical deep dives across a diverse portfolio of applications to identify emerging and upstream technology and cyber risks.
• Assess risk, monitoring & reporting: Assess, monitor, and report technology risks, ensuring compliance with firm standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Implement controls: Design & Support the implementation of effective controls in collaboration with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders.
• Evaluate controls: Evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to mitigate risks and enhance the firm’s risk posture.
• Analyze & mitigate: Analyze complex situations, advise on risk management strategies, and support the implementation of risk mitigation measures.
• Document & communicate: Document and articulate risks appropriately; raise issues and define action plans in partnership with application teams.
• Identify threats: Work closely with application teams to identify attack paths and threat vectors through threat modeling.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Software and/or security engineering background, including experience with modern programming languages (e.g., Python) and cloud (AWS).
• Proven technology risk / information security experience, including risk identification, assessments, control testing, mitigation, and applying industry standards and best practices.
• Strong technical domain knowledge across Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and CI/CD, application resilience and security, IAM, data protection, and vulnerability management—especially for on‑prem and public‑cloud environments in financial services.
• Analytical and execution skills to assess complex issues, synthesize data from disparate sources into a cohesive risk view, and design/implement pragmatic risk mitigation strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management: communicate clearly with senior leaders and build trusted, durable partnerships with LOB technologists to achieve shared outcomes.
• Governance- and control‑oriented mindset, with working knowledge of risk frameworks and relevant regulations; motivated by enabling the business through strengthened controls.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Industry‑recognized risk certifications (e.g., CISM, CRISC, CISSP).
• Process‑improvement mindset with a track record of reducing toil and building efficient, scalable processes.
• Experience with booking, pricing, and risk ecosystems (e.g., Athena, SecDb, Quartz, RICE, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with large‑scale Python codebases.
• Exposure to AI‑driven risks and emerging threat patterns.

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.

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. Join our dynamic team to navigate complex cyber and technology risk landscapes and fortify technology governance—making a pivotal impact on our firm’s robust risk strategy. This role requires hands‑on technical depth and the ability to engage credibly with engineers, architects, and platform owners across modern enterprise financial platforms & applications.