Lead Security Engineer - Python/AWS/Terraform
On-site · Plano, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead Security Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity and Tech Controls team, delivering secure software solutions. Responsibilities include developing secure production code and reviewing others' code, reducing vulnerabilities by following industry insights and regulations, collaborating with stakeholders to address security needs, conducting discovery, vulnerability, penetration testing, and threat modeling across applications (including external apps interacting with JPMorganChase networks), and contributing to an inclusive team culture. Requires formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of security engineering experience, expertise in enterprise security design and implementation, proficiency in multiple programming languages, strong SDLC knowledge, and AWS ecosystem experience (serverless, ECS, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions). Preferred: ability to communicate with senior leaders and relevant certifications (AWS, networking, CISSP, etc.).
Required Qualifications
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
- 5+ years applied experience developing security engineering solutions
- Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise level security solutions
- Advanced in one or more programming languages
- 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
- Experience creating and handling CI/CD pipelines, application resiliency, and security
- Experience with AWS services, including server-less solutions, ECS, EC2, Lambdas, API Gateway, Step Functions and storage services
- Basic understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and security principles
- Familiarity with firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and VPNs
- Good communication skills
- teamwork capabilities
- self-learning attitude
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