Chase · 1 day ago
Sr. Lead Cyber Security Architect
10 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL, 60603, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$147K/yr - $225K/yr
5+ years expJPMorgan Chase is one of the world's most influential financial institutions, and they are seeking a Sr. Lead Cybersecurity Architect to join their Cybersecurity and Technology Controls organization. In this role, you will work with developers and technology teams to ensure secure solutions are designed and implemented for the Payments organization.
BankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Technical contributor and expected to apply your expertise in cybersecurity engineering, application, cryptography, and architecture domains to operate as the security-lead part of projects and initiatives supporting Payments. Define, Design, and Guide security throughout existing and future payment technology environments
Work with internal technology team to ensure security and compliance is designed from-the-start for modern technology stacks such as point-of-sale devices (POS), device key and identity management, public cloud connectivity, API gateways, & hybrid environments
Advise and assist on opportunities for architectural patterns, repeatability, and advise on deviations. In this context, a strong understanding of security tooling is important as you as you will advise your stakeholders on how and where to leverage various security products to mitigate risk
Assess & Review architectures across various platforms (on-prem, cloud, modern technologies, etc.) and independently conduct design reviews, threat modeling and structured architecture reviews
Translate and advise on technical designs that must meet risk profile and compliance needs in a global context. Including cross-border, data sovereignty, and design/advise to ensure our tech teams meet respective regulatory requirements applicable to their workloads
Partnering with our Commercial and Investment Bank and other technical teams to ensure area owners are advise and oversee security design and implementation, applied in a timely manner. Providing regular management reporting to senior management and relevant stakeholders in business units
Design security solutions to manage risk for new and emerging technologies in the Payments space
Perform threat modelling to identify potential security risks and develop mitigation strategies. Use your knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, etc. to design secure architectures that both meet security, risk, and compliance requirements
Qualification
Required
Formal training or certification on cybersecurity architecture concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Practical working knowledge of, or experience architecting and providing security guidance inline with industry frameworks applicable to Payments (ie: PCI-DSS, HIPAA, etc.)
Hands-on experience in threat modeling and designing secure controls for enterprise-level solutions
Thorough design and security architecture experience in one or more of the large public cloud providers. (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) Certifications advantageous
Experience designing secure solutions specific securing (payments) flows between 3rd parties or business partners
Experience with Point of Sale (POS) device security, key management, identity, and interconnectivity with hybrid environments, third parties, and on-prem ecosystems
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
Preferred
Security architecture role or responsibilities at large enterprise, global scale
Experience working with AI models and complex distributed data sets
API Gateway security expertise
Proficiency in information security domains, including policies and standards, risk and control assessments, access controls, regulatory compliance, technology resiliency, risk and control governance and metrics, incident management, secure systems development lifecycle, vulnerability management, and data protection
Risk management, governance, risk & compliance experience – preferably intersected with technical design and architectural inputs
Cryptography experience in regard to key and secrets management for peripherals such as point-of-sale (POS) devices or IoT devices is helpful
Experience designing secure solutions specific to hybrid connectivity both in house across platforms and cloud providers
Experience managing Identity and Access Management (IAM) in an enterprise and hybrid environments
Experience conducting architecture reviews to find and evaluate application and infrastructure security risks using formalized Threat Modeling methodologies (e.g., STRIDE)
Experience in Application Security, background in penetration testing will be helpful in this role
Benefits
Comprehensive health care coverage
On-site health and wellness centers
A retirement savings plan
Backup childcare
Tuition reimbursement
Mental health support
Financial coaching
Company
Chase
Chase provides broad range of financial services. It is a sub-organization of JP Morgan Chase.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Mike McDonnell
Managing Director, Head of Chase Travel Platform Product
Nicole Sanchez
Managing Director, Consumer Bank, GM and Product Executive, Growth Financial Products
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