Lead Infrastructure Engineer - HSM Engineering

Testing Site - JPMC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and support payment HSM infrastructure within the IP organization.

You will lead deployment, automation, and integrations across enterprise environments, while collaborating with datacenter engineers, application teams, and key management personnel to implement secure, compliant HSM solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 5+ years of engineering experience with HSMs, PKI, or payments cryptography.
• Hands-on experience with OpenSSL and certificate-based authentication.
• Proficiency in Python or Java development frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of payments concepts: key exchange, encryption key storage, authentication flows, HSMs.
• Experience with payments compliance requirements and HSM troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Agile and JIRA; strong communication and writing skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment and integration of Payment HSMs across enterprise environments.
• Partner with datacenter engineers, application teams, and key management personnel to deploy new infrastructure.
• Collaborate with line of business projects for new features.
• Develop automation and tooling using Python, PowerShell, Java.
• Align HSM solutions with business, security, and audit needs with stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and foster technical collaboration.
• Produce clear technical documentation and share knowledge.
• Ensure compliance with PCI-HSM, PCI-DSS, FIPS, P2PE and related frameworks.

Skills

HSM

Python

PowerShell

Java

PKI

Payment cryptography

OpenSSL

PCI

PCI-DSS

Agile

JIRA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience

Tools

OpenSSL

Job description

As the Lead Infrastructure Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the IP organization, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and supporting payment infrastructure deployments.

This role will be responsible for designing, deploying, and supporting payment Hardware Security Module (HSM) infrastructure deployments within the IP organization. The primary focus will be 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. Responsibilities include solutions design, engineering automation and tooling, and HSM integrations to ensure a secure and modern HSM platform that meets strict banking industry compliance requirements.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead deployment and integration ofPayment HSMsacross 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 usingPython, 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

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred or equivalent industry experience

• 5+ years of engineering experiencewith HSMs, PKI, or payments cryptography

• Hands-on experience withOpenSSL and certificate based authentication mechanisms

• Proficiency in one or more development frameworks (Python or Java)

• Strong knowledge of payments application concepts, includingkey 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

Skill List:

• HSM
• Python
• PowerShell
• OpenSSL
• PKI
• PCI
• APIs
• Java
• Agile
• JIRA