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Principal Cybersecurity Architect - Database Security | Product Security Lead

AT JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase

Principal Cybersecurity Architect - Database Security | Product Security Lead

Plano, TX

Take your engineering expertise to new heights by joining a team of exceptionally talented professionals and solidify your place among top performers in the industry.

As a Principal Cybersecurity Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls team, you will work proactively with your technology and business colleagues to identify and quantify security issues within their products and empower them to take decisive risk decisions at speed and scale. You are a security expert with a strong mix of database technology and communication skills and are passionate about enabling safe and secure innovation to make database products secure.

As a Principal Cybersecurity Architect, you provide expertise to enhance and develop architecture platforms based on modern cloud-based technologies as well as support the adoption of strategic global solutions. Leverage your advanced architecture capabilities to identify, communicate, and mitigate risk, and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes.

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Job responsibilities

  • Cultivate security culture. Products that have the right security culture will strive to prioritize sustainable controls and driving real risk reduction outcomes.
  • Embed threat modeling, security architecture, secure code review into product and application teams to ensure products are created secure from the start.
  • Know database products across their breadth and depth. Be fluent in your product's strategy and roadmap as well as its key investment programs.
  • Be your product's security thought leader. Learn from your product and cybersecurity teams and share best practice in both directions. Be recognized in your product as the clear point of escalation and subject matter expert for IT Risk and Cyber domains.
  • Monitor Key Risk Indicators to ensure issues are identified, quantified, communicated, and managed in a timely manner, including recommendations for resolution, and identifying the root cause
  • Work collaboratively with product, technology, and business colleagues on an on-going basis for business-as-usual audit and regulatory engagements, risk activities and project initiatives.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering* concepts and 10+ years applied experience
  • Experience of operating in a regulated organization with a 3rd LoD (Line of defense) model.
  • Detailed, technical understanding of Public Cloud computing (GCP/AWS). Especially how Public Cloud services are hardened, and controls are applied to secure data, ensure resiliency/availability as well as prevent unauthorized access.
  • Proficient in database encryption techniques, both at rest and in transit, to protect sensitive data.
  • Proficient in database access control mechanisms, such as role-based access control (RBAC) and fine-grained access control (FGAC) mechanisms in DB systems.
  • Proficient in database auditing and monitoring solutions to detect and respond to potential security breaches.
  • Proficient in database vulnerability assessment and penetration testing methodologies to identify and remediate security weaknesses.
  • Experience with secure database architecture design, including tenant isolation, and database hardening techniques
  • Proficient in database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data availability and resilience against attacks or failures.
  • Experience with Integration of database security with identity and access management (IAM) systems, such as single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA) and newer technologies like OAuth and OpenID.
  • Familiarity with securing various database management systems (DBMS), such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Neo4J, TigerGraph.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Knowledgeable in industry-specific database security standards and regulations, such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR
  • Ability to collaborate on, and/or lead, ad hoc teams for control architecture and design.
  • Experience translating firm wide policy or regulatory requirements into control design and definition for Software Engineers and Solutions Architects
  • Experience in financial services consumer businesses (i.e., Mortgages, Cards or Digital) preferred but not required.


ABOUT US

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 for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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

ABOUT THE TEAM

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.

Client-provided location(s): Plano, TX, USA; Jersey City, NJ, USA
Job ID: JPMorgan-210560104
Employment Type: Full Time