Sr. Lead Security Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Plano, TX

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About The Position

As a Senior Lead Security Engineer within JPMorganChase’s Cybersecurity, Technology and Controls line of business, you will contribute to an agile team delivering software solutions that meet functional and user requirements while preventing misuse, circumvention, and malicious behavior. You will apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methods to cybersecurity challenges across multiple technology domains, with significant business impact.

The role owns security architecture and technical strategy for major platforms, products, or security domains and leads complex security engineering initiatives from design through implementation. It includes threat modeling, risk assessment, security reviews, and serving as a senior technical authority and mentor. You will partner with engineering, product, risk, operations, and business stakeholders; lead AI-focused initiatives; and support security requirements across multiple networks, including networks with multi-level security.

You will use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation, validating outputs and handling sensitive data appropriately. The role also involves recommending business modifications during periods of vulnerability, triaging threats based on risk assessments, managing resources for disruptive events, and applying reuse-first, AI-assisted SDLC and toolchain practices to strengthen security testing and control validation while maintaining traceability, auditability, resiliency, and security expectations.

This is a High Risk Role. Enhanced pre-hire screening, including criminal and credit background checks as allowed by law, must be successfully completed before employment or assignment begins.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in security engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Skill in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level security solutions.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities in 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, escalate uncertainty, and ensure outcomes align with security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with the ability to independently solve design and functionality problems 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.

Responsibilities

• Own security architecture and technical strategy for major platforms, products, or security domains, such as cryptography, cloud security, identity, or confidential computing.
• Lead complex security engineering initiatives from design through implementation, influencing multiple teams and organizations.
• 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 AI-focused initiatives within the team.
• Facilitate clarification of security requirements for multiple networks, enabling multi-level security to meet organizational needs.
• Use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation, validate outputs, and handle sensitive data appropriately.
• Work with stakeholders and senior business leaders to recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability.
• Triage threats based on risk assessments and manage resources to cover the impact of disruptive events.
• Apply reuse-first, AI-assisted practices within SDLC and toolchain routines to strengthen security testing and control validation, ensuring traceability, auditability, and alignment with resiliency and security expectations.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package, including base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location.
• Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity.
• Comprehensive health care coverage.
• On-site health and wellness centers.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Backup childcare.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health support.
• Financial coaching.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed