Lead Security Engineer - Attack Simulation Engineer

Join one of the world's most influential financial institutions and help build

the technology that protects it. At JPMorganChase, our cybersecurity engineering

teams operate at a scale few organizations can match — and we're looking for

bold, technically deep engineers who want to make a real impact.

As a Lead Security Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Cyber Technology &

Controls organization, you will lead the design, engineering, and lifecycle

management of platforms that power cybersecurity operations across the firm. You

will help build and operate secure, resilient, and scalable capabilities used

for security testing, adversarial simulation, vulnerability research, attack

analysis, and validation of cyber defenses — spanning cloud and on-premises

environments. Your work will directly shape the technical strategy and

engineering standards that protect one of the world's largest financial

institutions, and you will collaborate across cybersecurity, infrastructure,

cloud, and enterprise technology teams to continuously deliver and improve

mission-critical services.

Job responsibilities

* Lead the strategy, architecture, engineering, and lifecycle management of

platforms supporting cybersecurity operations across cloud and on-premises

environments

* Translate cybersecurity mission requirements into modern, secure, scalable,

and reusable technology capabilities that serve the firm at enterprise scale

* Design and operate complex hybrid environments spanning cloud infrastructure,

networks, systems, virtualization, storage, identity, and security tooling

* Engineer integrations between security platforms, enterprise services,

infrastructure, and operational workflows to improve reliability and

operational efficiency

* Develop software, automation, infrastructure-as-code, and continuous

integration and delivery capabilities that drive repeatability and reduce

operational risk

* Establish and uphold standards for secure configuration, access management,

monitoring, logging, patching, backup, recovery, and technology lifecycle

management

* Define and continuously improve platform resiliency, availability, capacity,

performance, and recovery objectives to meet mission and regulatory

expectations

* Lead technical troubleshooting, incident response, root-cause analysis, and

remediation for platform and service issues

* Establish measurable operational controls and evidence practices that support

auditability and regulatory compliance

* Leverage enterprise-authorized AI and large language model capabilities to

accelerate engineering, security analysis, testing, documentation, and

automation — while validating outputs and protecting sensitive information

* Build strong partnerships across cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud,

software engineering, and enterprise technology teams to deliver new

capabilities and drive continuous improvement

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

* Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+

years applied experience

* Demonstrated experience leading the architecture, engineering, and operation

of complex enterprise or mission-critical platforms

* Strong experience across several of the following areas: cloud infrastructure

and cloud security, network engineering and administration, systems

administration and virtualization, storage and compute operations, software

development and enterprise integrations, automation and

infrastructure-as-code, cybersecurity platforms and security tooling,

identity and access management, or platform resiliency and observability

* Advanced programming or scripting skills in one or more languages such as

Python, Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, PowerShell, or Bash

* In-depth experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or comparable

cloud platforms

* Experience building automation and integrations across security,

infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise technology services

* Experience with secure software development lifecycle practices, threat

modeling, vulnerability management, security testing, and platform resiliency

* Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI and large language

model capabilities in engineering or security workflows, including the

ability to evaluate outputs for security, correctness, reliability, and

compliance

* Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills

with the ability to influence decisions across organizational boundaries and

engage effectively with senior technical and business stakeholders

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

* Advanced degree or relevant professional qualification in computer science,

engineering, cybersecurity, or a related field

* Industry certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security

Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP),

Security+, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent

* Experience supporting security operations, security testing, threat

emulation, vulnerability research, attack analysis, or cyber-defense

validation

* Experience with Kubernetes, containers, immutable infrastructure, or

cloud-native platform engineering

* Experience with infrastructure-as-code and pipeline tooling such as

Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI

* Experience with GPU-enabled infrastructure, AI/ML platforms, model-serving

systems, or high-performance computing environments

* Familiarity with threat-informed defense principles and frameworks such as

MITRE ATT&CK, and experience establishing service-level objectives,

operational metrics, and disaster-recovery plans

#CTC

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative

financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the

world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the

J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are

a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial

banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined

based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles

may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation,

paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of

individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and

programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include

comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a

retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health

support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total

compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring

to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal

opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our

company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute,

including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation,

gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or

disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make

reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and

beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs

[https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/how-we-hire/faqs] for more information about

requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including

Disability/Veterans

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.