Security Engineer II

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Fairfax (DE); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks a Security Engineer II to join the Cybersecurity and Technology Controls team. You will contribute to secure software solutions, execute basic security fixes, and enhance security testing throughout the SDLC.

The role emphasizes coding in at least one language, validating AI-driven recommendations, and aligning with resiliency and security expectations within an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts.
• 2+ years applied security engineering experience.
• Experience with SDLC execution and agile methodologies (CI/CD).
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted code/security recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Executes standard security solutions per playbooks for internal clients.
• Uses enterprise AI capabilities to accelerate vulnerability analysis and security documentation.
• Writes secure, high-quality code with limited guidance.
• Analyzes incident data to identify threats and vulnerabilities.

Skills

Security engineering

Coding in one or more languages

SDLC & CI/CD

Threat analysis

Vulnerability assessment

Education

Security engineering certification

Tools

AI capabilities tools

Job description

You’re at the forefront of delivering secure software solutions. Join us a valued member of a top-performing team.

As a Security Engineer II at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity and Technology Controls line of business, you are part of an agile 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 an emerging member of the security engineering team, you execute basic software solutions through the design, development, and troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical area, while gaining skills and experience to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities

• Executes standard security solutions in accordance with existing playbooks to satisfy security requirements for internal clients (e.g., product, platform and application owners)
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate vulnerability analysis synthesis and security documentation, validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately.
• Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance
• Applies approved tools to analyze and correlate incident data to identify, interpret, and summarize probability and impact of threats when determining specific vulnerabilities
• Supports delivery of continuity-related awareness, training and educational activities, and exercises
• Applies reuse-first, AI-assisted practices within SDLC/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 2+ years applied experience
• Basic experience developing security engineering solutions
• Working knowledge of using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support security engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted code/security recommendations before use, escalating when uncertain and following security and data handling requirements.
• Demonstrable ability to code in one or more languages
• Experience across SDLC execution, including agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Working knowledge of information and network security, IT risk management, and architectural concepts and patterns
• Proficient in using approved tools to analyze incident data and support vulnerability assessment