Lead Security Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Christchurch, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Christchurch, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Software System Penetration Testing
Computer Security
Continuous Integration
Linux Servers
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Software Security
Information Technology
Production Code

Job 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 JPMorganChase within Cybersecurity technology & Controls, you will be 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.

Job 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 JPMorganChase network
  • Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and/or applied work experience within Cybersecurity environment.
  • Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise level security solutions
  • Advanced in one or more programming/scripting languages
  • Advanced in the management and configuration of security platforms
  • Experience in administering Linux servers

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience effectively communicating with senior business leaders
  • 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
  • Advanced knowledge of RFC5322 and RFC5321

About the company

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 first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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