Application Lead Security Engineer - Greenfield Project

JPMorganChase
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Job Description

Be an integral part of a team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As an Application Security Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Global Banking Platform, you will be a key member of our team. Your role will involve delivering software solutions that meet pre-defined functional and user requirements, with an added focus on preventing misuse, circumvention, and malicious behaviour. You will be responsible for implementing critical technology solutions with tamper-proof, audit defensible methods across multiple technical areas within various business functions, all in support of the firm's business objectives.

We are building the next generation core banking platform that will operate at a global scale and will support hundreds of millions of accounts. We use cloud native technologies, and the work involves the development of micro-services, integrations, dashboards, production support tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Initially, successful candidates for the role will be seconded to a FinTech software partner. This is an exciting opportunity to experience the day to day of a fintech while being fully backed by JPMorgan Chase. After the conclusion of the secondment, all secondees will return to JPMorgan Chase and apply the knowledge, technologies and practices acquired to develop critical services supporting GBP’s worldwide journey to the cloud.

Job Responsibilities

  • Drive improvements to product security posture through strategic planning and collaboration with development and infrastructure teams, with trust, autonomy, and influence.
  • Produce production web-scale application security design.
  • Review and produce data privacy and financial regulatory functional and non-functional designs.
  • Perform design reviews and Threat Modelling of services and products.
  • Perform vulnerability assessments and security testing.
  • Provide subject matter expertise on security and privacy throughout the Software Development lifecycle.
  • Liaise with development teams for design, code reviews & education.
  • Contribute to security strategy, tooling selection, and creation.
  • Conduct regular security assessments and code reviews.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Formal training or certification in security engineering concepts and applied experience.
  • Expertise with a programming language (e.g., Python, Go, or Java).
  • Experience with security in a DevOps environment.
  • Experience in web application penetration testing and security tooling (e.g., Burp Suite, Web/Network Scanners, Static code analyzers).
  • Coding experience for automating/integrating security tools and creating security tools.
  • Knowledge of security in distributed systems at scale.
  • Cloud and container technology knowledge (e.g., AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker).
  • Experience performing security design reviews, threat modelling, and risk assessments.
  • Knowledge of application security issues.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Professional security qualifications are desirable.
  • Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, etc.).
  • Awareness and experience with the Data Protection Act, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We aim to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their objectives.

We value diversity and inclusion, and are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on protected attributes and provide reasonable accommodations for religious practices, mental health, or physical disabilities. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting accommodations.

About The Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking Group depends on innovators like you to serve consumers, small businesses, municipalities, and non-profits. You'll support the delivery of award-winning tools and services covering banking, lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, auto finance, and investment advice. The group focuses on developing and delivering cutting-edge mobile applications, digital experiences, and next-generation banking technology solutions.

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