Senior Cybersecurity Architect – Cloud, AI, & Risk

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Houston seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Architect to design high-impact security solutions for cloud-based software across functional areas. You will serve as a core technical contributor, shaping risk mitigation and secure design across projects.

Lead discussions, drive strategy, assess AI-enabled security outcomes, and ensure compliance with controls such as NIST. The role requires deep cloud experience, threat modeling, and collaboration with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in cybersecurity architecture is required.
• Experience delivering enterprise-level cybersecurity solutions and threat modeling.
• Proficiency with automation and CI/CD in the SDLC.
• Strong knowledge of agile methodologies, CI/CD, resilience, and security.
• Experience using enterprise AI capabilities to support cybersecurity workflows with proper validation.
• Proficiency in software applications and processes within technical disciplines (cloud, AI/ML, mobile).
• Deep knowledge of financial services or regulated industries and relevant software/applications.
• Practical cloud native experience (AWS preferred) and modern cloud architectures at scale.
• Ability to assess and validate AI-assisted security recommendations for security, resiliency, and auditability.

Responsibilities

• Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future cybersecurity needs
• Defines the technical target state of their cybersecurity product and drives achievement of the strategy
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall cybersecurity of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive continuous improvement and assess cybersecurity design and technical credentials for use in existing systems and architecture
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate cybersecurity architecture analysis and decisioning (e.g., risk identification and documentation), validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
• Leads communities of practice to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge cybersecurity technologies
• Drives reuse-first adoption of AI-assisted security validation within SDLC/toolchain routines, improving control testing and remediation quality with traceability/auditability and resiliency expectations.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Threat modeling

CD/CI automation

Agile security

AI security validation

Cloud security

NIST controls

Leadership communication

Regulated industries

CISSP

CCSP

AWS Security

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Houston seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Architect to design high-impact security solutions for cloud-based software across functional areas. You will serve as a core technical contributor, shaping risk mitigation and secure design across projects.

Lead discussions, drive strategy, assess AI-enabled security outcomes, and ensure compliance with controls such as NIST. The role requires deep cloud experience, threat modeling, and collaboration with senior leaders.