Lead Cloud Security Engineer for Digital Forensics Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to design and deliver cloud-native forensic platforms across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem environments. You will own secure platform deployment, automation, and threat modeling to strengthen incident response at a global scale.

Role emphasizes automation, CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration with security operations, cloud teams, and engineering. Enterprise-scale resilience is a primary objective.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in security engineering (5+ years applied experience).
• Hands-on with AWS, Azure, and GCP; multi-cloud deployments.
• Terraform and IaC for secure cloud provisioning; auditable environments.
• CI/CD pipelines for infra and platform releases; automation focus.
• Scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash for ops and deployment tasks.
• Linux and Windows server admin in enterprise settings.
• Cloud security principles: IAM, RBAC, encryption, compliance.
• Git-based source control with branching and code review practices.
• Ability to review AI-assisted code for security and resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain forensic platforms across multi-cloud and on-prem environments.
• Develop and manage IaC using Terraform for secure, repeatable deployments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infra and platform releases.
• Automate deployment, configuration, monitoring, and operational processes.
• Perform production readiness, validation, and failover testing.
• Implement cloud networking, storage, IAM, encryption, and security controls.
• Collaborate across teams to improve platform reliability and incident response capabilities.
• Apply AI-assisted practices to strengthen security testing and threat modeling.
• Create architecture diagrams, runbooks, and governance documentation.

Skills

Cloud security

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Python scripting

Linux/Windows admin

IAM & access control

Threat modeling

AI-assisted security

Security architecture

Incident response

Tools

Terraform

Git

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to design and deliver cloud-native forensic platforms across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem environments. You will own secure platform deployment, automation, and threat modeling to strengthen incident response at a global scale.

Role emphasizes automation, CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration with security operations, cloud teams, and engineering. Enterprise-scale resilience is a primary objective.