Sr Lead Security Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Senior Lead Security Engineer in Plano, TX to lead secure software delivery and prevent misuse across multiple tech domains. You will guide teams, craft high-quality production code, and shape security strategy with AI-assisted tooling throughout the SDLC.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and senior leaders to address vulnerabilities, design scalable security solutions, and drive adoption of leading-edge security technologies enterprise-wide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in service development and integration.
• Proficient in OAuth, SAML, API security, and identity federation.
• Experience building high-performance API-first services and tooling integration.
• Strong ability to design enterprise-level security solutions.

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Facilitates security requirements clarification for multiple networks to enable multi-level security.
• Works with stakeholders and senior business leaders to recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability.
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus, influencing peers and project decisions on leading-edge technologies.
• 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.
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation, validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and ensuring outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.

Skills

OAuth

SAML

API security

Identity federation

API-first services

Security design

C#

C++

Go

Python

Java

Threat modeling

Vulnerability testing

Penetration testing

HTTP/HTTPS

SSL/TLS inspection

API gateway patterns

AI in security

Job description

Join a team where you can play a crucial role in shaping the future of a world-renowned company and make a direct and meaningful impact in a space designed for top performers.

As a Senior Lead Security Engineer at JPMorganChase within the, youare an integral 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of cybersecurity challenges that span multiple technology domains.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Facilitates security requirementsclarificationfor multiple networks toenablemulti-levelsecurity to satisfy organizationalneeds
• Works with stakeholders and senior business leaders to recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus. Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• 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.
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation (e.g., synthesizing threat assessments), validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification with 5+ years of experience incloud service development & integration, proficient in OAuth, SAML, API security, and identity federation. Experience building high performance API first services and integrating tooling
• Skilled in planning, designing,and implementing enterprise-level security solutions. Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming languages C#, C++, Go, Python, and Java
• Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.). Extensive experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight . Deep knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS protocols, SSL/TLS inspection, traffic interception, API gateway patterns
• 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 security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and ensuring outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Advanced knowledge of SSE, CASB or SIEM
• Advanced knowledge of API Gateway Development
• Experience with custom proxy or VPM development

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