Lead Security Engineer - Confidential Computing

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX, is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to join the Cyber Technology & Controls team and help shape the future of software security.

You will be a core technical contributor delivering secure software solutions and protecting critical assets. You will design, implement, and review security controls, perform threat modeling and vulnerability testing, and collaborate with stakeholders to reduce risk across cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in security engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of applied experience in security engineering.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise security solutions.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, and security.
• Experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability testing, and penetration testing.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative security solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine approaches.
• Develops secure and high‑quality production code and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Minimizes security vulnerabilities by following industry insights and governmental regulations to evolve security protocols.
• Works with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend modifications during vulnerabilities.
• Conducts discovery, vulnerability, penetration testing, and threat scenarios to identify and assess vulnerabilities and executes threat modeling for multiple applications.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Security engineering concepts

SDLC proficiency

CI/CD

Programming languages

Threat modeling

Vulnerability testing

Tools

Azure

GCP

AWS

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 Cyber Technology & Controls, you are an integral part of 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

• Executes creative security solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions and break down technical problems
• Develops secure and high‑quality production code and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Minimizes security vulnerabilities by following industry insights and governmental regulations to continuously evolve security protocols, including creating processes to determine the effectiveness of current controls
• Works with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability
• Conducts discovery,vulnerability, penetration testing,and threat scenarios onmultiple organizational assets to identifyand assess if vulnerabilities arepresent, and executes threat modeling for multiple applications including external applications interacting with the internal JPMorganChase network
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 3+ Years of experience designing and implementing Confidential Computing solutions using Azure, GCP or AWS
• Skilled in planning, designing,and implementing enterpriselevel security solutions
• Advanced in one or more programming languages
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Deep understanding of Confidential Computing methodologies and deployment patterns
• Experience effectively communicating with senior business leaders

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