Lead Application Security Engineer

JPMorgan Chase - Plano, TX

Full-time

Plano, TX

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

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 Cyber and Tech Controls Emerging Technology Security group, you are an integral part 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. 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. In this role, you will execute 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. You will develop secure and high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others. Minimizing security vulnerabilities is a key responsibility, which involves following industry insights and governmental regulations to continuously evolve security protocols, including creating processes to determine the effectiveness of current controls. You will work closely with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability. Additionally, you will conduct discovery, vulnerability, penetration testing, and threat scenarios on multiple organizational assets to identify and assess if vulnerabilities are present, and execute threat modeling for multiple applications, including external applications interacting with the internal JPMorgan Chase network. This position also emphasizes adding to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative security solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting.
• Develop secure and high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others.
• Minimize security vulnerabilities by following industry insights and governmental regulations.
• Create processes to determine the effectiveness of current security controls.
• Work with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend modifications during vulnerabilities.
• Conduct discovery, vulnerability, penetration testing, and threat scenarios on multiple organizational assets.
• Execute threat modeling for multiple applications, including external applications interacting with the internal JPMorgan Chase network.
• Contribute to a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience.
• Software engineering experience programming in Java, Python, Terraform and experience with cloud native development (AWS).
• Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise level security solutions.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Basic understanding of cryptography.
• Solid understanding of authentication, authorization and general application security.
• Strong communication skills.
• Team player with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.