Lead Security Engineer - Python & Cloud Security

Join a high-performing team where your expertise in software security will drive impactful solutions. Grow your career as you help shape the future of secure technology at JPMorganChase.

As a Lead Security Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity and technology controls team, you deliver software solutions that meet functional and user requirements while preventing misuse and malicious behavior. You play a key role in providing critical technology solutions using tamper-proof, audit-defensible methods across multiple technical areas. You are an integral part of a collaborative team, contributing to secure and scalable enterprise-grade solutions.

Job responsibilities

• Execute creative security solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting to break down complex technical problems
• Develop secure, high-quality production code; review and debug code written by others, focusing on Python backend development and public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Design and develop APIs and backend services using Python modules, ensuring robust and scalable solutions
• Minimize security vulnerabilities by applying industry insights and governmental regulations to evolve security protocols
• Partner with platform and cloud security teams to ensure secure infrastructure configuration and alignment with enterprise security architecture
• Collaborate with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability
• Contribute to a team culture focused on delivering secure solutions

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong engineering foundation with substantial expertise in Python programming and cloud security engineering
• Advanced hands-on programming skills in one or more languages
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Google Deployment Manager, or Azure Resource Manager
• Skilled in architecture, planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level applications
• Experience with ideation to production-ready application development
• Proficient across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in public cloud environments
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Hands-on experience with AI/ML backend product development
• Cloud computing related certifications with an AWS/Azure/GCP focus, such as AWS Certified Security, Solutions Architect, Developer Engineer, or similar
• Golang programming experience