Lead Cloud Threat Hunter & Security Architect

Socket.dev; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Architect to secure the firm's public cloud adoption, embedding security across architecture, threat modeling, and risk-based assessments. You will partner with product, engineering, and risk teams to design secure-by-design cloud solutions and drive enterprise-wide security controls.

The role emphasizes cloud threat hunting, threat modelling, and collaboration with security operations, risk, and incident response to enhance resilience and enable

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in cybersecurity concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on cloud-native experience across one or more major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), including relevant cloud security certification
• Demonstrated experience with threat modeling methodologies and delivering risk-based security assessments
• Experience with cloud security posture management tooling (e.g., Wiz, Prisma Cloud, CrowdStrike Falcon, or equivalent)
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code frameworks (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent) and their security implications
• Ability to lead cross-functional security initiatives and drive outcomes without direct authority
• Strong prioritization skills with a risk-based approach to decision-making across competing demands
• Ability to think beyond conventional approaches to build innovative solutions and break down complex technical problems

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders across product, engineering, and risk and controls teams to understand firm control requirements, recommend implementations across a broad range of cloud architectures, and ensure secure-by-design principles are embedded throughout
• Develop, plan, and execute hypothesis-driven, cloud-focused threat hunts, translating findings into actionable security outcomes including detection rules, alert tuning, and compensating controls
• Apply specialized tooling to query, analyze, correlate, and interpret large datasets to identify potential threats and emerging risk patterns
• Deliver threat models and risk-based assessments of cloud services, cloud platforms, and cloud-based applications to inform architecture and engineering decisions
• Perform security reviews of infrastructure-as-code for cloud platform development, ensuring alignment with firm standards and industry best practices
• Develop preventive and detective controls to enforce control requirements across cloud environments at enterprise scale
• Interface with broader cybersecurity teams to ensure platform integration with security operations, threat intelligence, and incident response — operationalizing detections, improving triage playbooks, and supporting cloud threat investigations
• Provide expert guidance on the cloud threat landscape, adversary tradecraft, and emerging risks to inform strategic security decisions
• Contribute to documentation and agile processes in support of security programs, driving consistency and repeatability across the team

Skills

Security certifications

Cloud platforms

Threat modeling

Cloud security tools

IaC security

Cross-functional leadership

Query languages

Agile delivery

Tools

Wiz

Prisma Cloud

CrowdStrike Falcon

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Architect to secure the firm's public cloud adoption, embedding security across architecture, threat modeling, and risk-based assessments. You will partner with product, engineering, and risk teams to design secure-by-design cloud solutions and drive enterprise-wide security controls.

The role emphasizes cloud threat hunting, threat modelling, and collaboration with security operations, risk, and incident response to enhance resilience and enable