Principal Cybersecurity Architect - Blockchain

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
4 days ago

Role details

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

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Code Review
Computer Security
DevOps
Blockchain
Cybercrime
Ethereum
Solidity
Bitcoin
Api Gateway
Blockchain

Job description

As a Principal Cybersecurity Architect - Blockchain Security Specialist at JPMorganChase in the Digital Asset Security Working Group, you will lead efforts to secure distributed ledger technologies and application-layer protocols. You will proactively identify and address risks, working closely with cross-functional teams to develop and validate security solutions. Your role bridges traditional cybersecurity with emerging blockchain paradigms, including preparing for quantum-era threats. You will help shape our security strategy and contribute to a culture of innovation and collaboration. Your work will have a direct impact on the safety and resilience of our digital asset platforms., * Proactively hunt for threats across blockchain networks, smart contract ecosystems, and infrastructure components.

  • Perform ongoing threat intelligence, attack surface mapping, and exploit simulation on platforms such as Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana.
  • Design and execute proof-of-concepts and demonstrations for discovered vulnerabilities and proposed mitigations.
  • Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in smart contracts, wallets, bridges, and node infrastructure.
  • Conduct security assessments and code reviews across Solidity, Rust, and off-chain components.
  • Partner with engineering and DevOps to secure CI/CD pipelines, API gateways, and validator nodes.
  • Collaborate with cryptographers to evaluate readiness for post-quantum cryptography transitions.
  • Advise on secure deployment patterns, product launches, and security-by-design principles.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin ecosystems, including execution, consensus, and infrastructure.
  • Proven experience in smart contract auditing with Solidity, Rust, and the Anchor framework.
  • Hands-on expertise in vulnerability research, exploit development, or proof-of-concept prototyping.
  • Familiarity with threat hunting, attack simulation, and adversary emulation in blockchain environments.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including cryptographers and threat intelligence experts., * Familiarity with MEV threats, bridge exploits, flash loan attacks, and cross-chain vulnerabilities.
  • Experience with security tooling such as Mythril, Slither, Echidna, Foundry, and Halmos.
  • Knowledge of zk-SNARKs, zk-STARKs, MPC, and threshold cryptography.

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., Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

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