Lead Security Engineer

Talentify; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Seattle seeks a Lead Security Engineer to join the Cybersecurity Technology and Controls team, delivering secure software solutions and preventing misuse across business functions. You will be a core technical contributor responsible for tamper-proof, audit-defensible security solutions.

You will guide threat modeling, vulnerability testing, and secure development practices, mentoring teams and ensuring auditability and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Plan, design, and implement enterprise-level security solutions.
• Experience leading teams in AI-enabled security workflows with data sensitivity awareness.
• Review AI-assisted recommendations before adoption ensuring security and auditability.
• Experience building internal tools, workflow automation, or pipeline management.
• Expertise in IAM technologies including OAuth2.0, SAML, ABAC/RBAC/Policy-Based controls, and OPA.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.js with production-grade code delivery.
• Strong understanding of agile, CI/CD, resiliency, security, and service ownership.
• Extensive experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and pen testing.

Responsibilities

• Execute secure solutions with design, development and troubleshooting beyond routine approaches.
• Develop secure production code and review code from others.
• Minimize vulnerabilities by following regulations and conducting testing and threat scenarios.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to address security needs during vulnerabilities.
• Leverage enterprise AI capabilities to accelerate threat modeling and security docs, ensuring data handling.
• Apply reuse-first, AI-assisted practices in SDLC to strengthen testing and control validation.

Skills

IAM technologies

Java

Python

Node.js

Threat modeling

Vulnerability testing

Security architecture

AI-assisted security

CI/CD security

Agile methodologies

Education

Security engineering certification

Tools

Grafana

Splunk

Prometheus

Azure AD / Entra ID Connect

OpenID Connect Federation

Job description

Take on a crucial role where you'll be a key part of a high-performing team delivering secure software solutions. Make a real impact as you help shape the future of software security at one of the world's largest and most influential companies.

As a Lead Security Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity Technology and Controls, you are an integral part of a team that works to deliver software solutions that satisfy pre-defined functional and user requirements with the added dimension of preventing misuse, circumvention, and malicious behavior. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions with tamper-proof, audit-defensible methods across multiple technical areas within various business functions.

Job responsibilities

• Execute creative security solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Minimize security vulnerabilities by following industry insights and governmental regulations to continuously evolve security protocols, including creating processes to determine the effectiveness of current controls, and conduct discovery, vulnerability, penetration testing, and threat scenarios to identify and assess vulnerabilities
• Work with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability
• Use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate threat modeling, vulnerability analysis synthesis, and security documentation, validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately
• Apply reuse-first, AI-assisted practices within software development lifecycle and toolchain routines to strengthen security testing and control validation, ensuring traceability, auditability, and alignment to resiliency and security expectations

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level security solutions
• Experience leading teams in the safe use of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities for security engineering workflows, including validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty appropriately, and ensure outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations
• Experience building internal tools, workflow automation, or pipeline management systems
• Expertise in identity and access management technologies including OAuth2.0, SAML, Attribute-Based Access Control, Role-Based Access Control, Policy-Based Access Control, and Open Policy Agent
• Advanced proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.js with demonstrated production-quality code delivery
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, continuous integration and continuous delivery, application resiliency, security, and service ownership
• Extensive experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with dashboard and reporting tools such as Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, or custom-built dashboards
• Experience with hybrid identity environments including Azure Active Directory/Entra ID Connect, AWS Cognito, and OpenID Connect Federation
• Familiarity with regulated industry environments such as financial services, healthcare, or government
• Experience with BloodHound, SharpHound, or equivalent Active Directory attack path analysis tools

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