Lead Security Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co
Job LocationUS
Job TagFull Time

Houston, TX

Description:

Take on a crucial role where you’ll be a key part of a high-performing team delivering secure software solutions. Make a real impact as you help shape the future of software security at one of the world’s largest and most influential companies.

As a Lead Security Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Cybersecurity Organization, you are an integral part of 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 a core technical contributor, you are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions with tamper-proof, audit defensible methods across multiple technical areas within various business functions. 

Responsibilities:

  • Executes creative security solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions and break down technical problems
  • Develops secure and high-quality production code and reviews and debugs code written by others
  • Minimizes security vulnerabilities by following industry insights and governmental regulations to continuously evolve security protocols, including creating processes to determine the effectiveness of current controls
  • Works with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability
  • Conducts discovery, vulnerability, penetration testing, and threat scenarios on multiple organizational assets to identify and assess if vulnerabilities are present, and executes threat modeling for multiple applications including external applications interacting with the internal JPMorgan Chase network
  • Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Qualifications:

  • Formal training or certification on Cybersecurity concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience
  • Hands on experience securing SaaS applications with knowledge of SaaS-related controls.
  • Advanced experience in Python
  • Experience with API development 
  • Experience onboarding applications to SIEM platforms (Security information and event management)
  • Knowledge and experience ensuring Engineering work satisfies Software Development Life Cycle standards
  • Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise level security solution
  • Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
  • Experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience implementing SSPM controls in large scale SaaS networks (SaaS Security Posture Management platforms)
  • Working knowledge and experience with JIRA for project management
  • Experience effectively communicating with senior business leaders

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