Sr. Lead Security Engineer

JPMorganChase; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a Senior Lead Security Engineer to shape security architecture and drive AI-enabled initiatives across major platforms. You will lead complex security programs, mentor engineers, and partner with risk, product, and operations to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, risk assessments, and governance participation, with focus on data sensitivity and enterprise-wide security excellence.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in security engineering with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Ability to plan, design, and implement enterprise security solutions.
• Experience using AI capabilities to support security engineering workflows with strong validation.
• Ability to review AI-assisted recommendations for security outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own security architecture and strategy for major platforms and domains.
• Lead security engineering initiatives from design to implementation across teams.
• Drive threat modeling, risk assessment, and security reviews for regulatory needs.
• Mentor engineers and represent Security Engineering in governance forums.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, risk and operations to deliver secure solutions.
• Lead AI-focused initiatives to advance security capabilities.
• Clarify security requirements for networks enabling multi-level environments.
• Apply AI-enabled risk analysis and document threat findings with care for data sensitivity.
• Work with senior leaders to adjust security posture during vulnerabilities.
• Triage resources based on risk across threats and events.
• Promote reuse-first, AI-assisted practices in SDLC and toolchains.

Skills

Security engineering

Security architecture

Programming languages

AI in security workflows

Threat modeling

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 Cybersecurity, Technology and Controls organization, you are 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

• Own security architecture and technical strategy for major platforms, products, or security domains, including areas such as cryptography, cloud security, identity, and confidential computing
• Lead complex security engineering initiatives from design through implementation, influencing multiple teams and organizations across the firm
• Drive threat modeling, risk assessment, and security reviews to ensure solutions meet security and regulatory requirements
• Serve as a senior technical authority and mentor, guiding engineers and representing Security Engineering in architecture and governance forums
• Partner across engineering, product, risk, and operations teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions and influence enterprise security direction
• Lead artificial intelligence-focused initiatives within the team, applying emerging technologies to advance security capabilities
• Facilitate security requirements clarification for multiple networks to enable multi-level security environments that satisfy organizational needs
• Apply enterprise-authorized artificial intelligence capabilities to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation, including synthesizing threat assessments, while validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately
• Collaborate with stakeholders and senior business leaders to recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability
• Triage and manage resources based on risk assessments of various threats to cover the impact of disruptive events
• Apply reuse-first, artificial intelligence-assisted practices within the software development lifecycle and 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 5+ years applied experience
• Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level security solutions
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized artificial intelligence capabilities to support security engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
• Ability to review and validate artificial intelligence-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and ensuring outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages with the ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile
• Extensive experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with confidential computing, zero-trust architecture, or identity and access management at enterprise scale
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks relevant to financial services cybersecurity environments
• Experience leading or contributing to cross-functional security governance or architecture review boards
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams or organizations without direct authority
• Exposure to security toolchain automation and integration within continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines

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