Security Engineer III

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer III in Seattle to join the Cybersecurity and Technology Controls line.

The role focuses on delivering secure software with tamper-proof, audit-defensible methods across multiple domains to prevent misuse and malicious behavior. You will design and implement security-centric software across the full SDLC, emphasize secure coding, and manage IaC for scalable cloud environments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of applied security engineering experience.
• Experience building enterprise applications using Java.
• Experience with AWS or other public clouds.
• Experience using AI capabilities with validation habits.
• Ability to review AI-assisted code and data handling requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain software across the SDLC in partnership with product, QA, and engineering teams.
• Follow secure coding standards, dependency and secret management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) for scalable, secure environments.
• Build cloud-native solutions on AWS including security/IAM, networking, performance and scalability.
• Apply DevOps practices to improve developer productivity and reliability via CI/CD, automated testing, and incident management.
• Participate in on-call rotation and triage incidents, troubleshoot production issues, and drive root-cause analysis.

Skills

Java

AWS

Security engineering

CI/CD

AI capabilities

Python

Networking security

IT risk management

Incident analysis

Education

Security certification or training

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Job description

Your seniority as a security engineer puts you in the ranks of the top talent in your field. Play a critical role at one of the world's most iconic financial institutions where security is vital.

As a Security Engineer III at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity and Technology Controls line of business, you serve as a seasoned member 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. Carry out critical technology solutions with tamper-proof, audit defensible methods across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives

Job responsibilities

• Design build, test, and maintain software applications across the full SDLC, including requirements, implementation, code reviews, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing support, in partnership with product, QA, and engineering teams.
• Follow software security best practices, including secure coding standards, dependency and secret management, vulnerability remediation, and security testing throughout the SDLC.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) to provision, version-control, and operate scalable and secure environments.
• Build and deliver cloud-native solutions with hands-on experience in cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including core services, security/IAM, networking, and performance and scalability considerations.
• Apply DevOps practices to improve developer productivity and system reliability through CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release automation, monitoring and alerting, and incident management.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide customer support by triaging incidents, troubleshooting production issues, communicating status and ETAs, and driving root-cause analysis and preventative fixes.
• Executes security solutions design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to apply knowledge of existing security solutions in order to satisfy security requirements for internal clients (e.g., product, platform, application owners)

• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate security analysis and vulnerability assessment documentation, validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Leads 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 3+ years applied experience
• Experience developing security engineering solutions
• Documented experience building enterprise applications using Java
• Documented experience using AWS or other public cloud technologies
• Demonstrated experience 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.
• Proficient in coding in one of more languages
• Knowledge of SDLC execution, including agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Strong working knowledge of information and network security, IT risk management, and architectural concepts and patterns
• Advanced experience using approved tools to analyze incident data and support vulnerability assessment

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