Lead Cybersecurity Architect for AI & Agentic Security

JPMorganChase; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase, a global financial services leader, seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Architect to develop high-quality security solutions for software applications on modern cloud technologies. You will be a core technical contributor identifying risks, mitigation options, and solutions across multiple business functions to support project goals.

You will own and drive security architectures, threat modeling, and governance for agentic systems and MCP-enabled workflows, ensuring secure design,

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cybersecurity architecture with enterprise solutions experience.
• Advanced in one or more programming languages.
• Hands-on AI/ML security experience and PoC work.
• Owns SDRs, security requirements, and architecture governance.

Responsibilities

• Engage technical teams and stakeholders to propose cybersecurity approaches.
• Define the target security state and drive strategy execution.
• Develop software and use AI/ML tools to enhance secure design and threat assessments.
• Own and drive SDRs for AI/ML platforms, MCP integrations; document decisions and risk acceptances.
• Validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption and ensure alignment with security and auditability.
• Define and govern secure reference architectures for agentic systems and MCP workflows, including encryption and identity management.
• Define security requirements for auth, data classification, and encrypted communications for MCP servers and workflows.
• Conduct threat modeling for agentic systems and LLM suite integrations to mitigate prompt injection and data leakage.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Threat modeling

Cloud security

AI/ML security

Security design reviews

Tools

MCP integrations

LLM Suite

enterprise security tooling

Job description

JPMorgan Chase, a global financial services leader, seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Architect to develop high-quality security solutions for software applications on modern cloud technologies. You will be a core technical contributor identifying risks, mitigation options, and solutions across multiple business functions to support project goals.

You will own and drive security architectures, threat modeling, and governance for agentic systems and MCP-enabled workflows, ensuring secure design,