Director of Security Engineering

Company: JPMorganChase
Location: Plano
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Description You are ready to lead and influence the future of technology at a world-renowned company. Join JPMorganChase and unleash your potential in shaping the industry. As a Director of Security Engineering at JPMorganChase you lead at least one technical area with a security engineering focus, and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. You are expected to be a "Leader-Builder"—someone who can define a multi-year strategy while also diving deep into code reviews, architectural whiteboarding, and complex systems integration. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of services that provide security governance for SaaS. This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role you aren't just managing a roadmap; you are a lead architect and coder who ensures our guardrails are seamlessly integrated across our hybrid-cloud environment while maintaining the highest standards of financial regulation and resiliency. Utilize your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and a driver of innovation to deliver security solutions. Job responsibilities Engineering Leadership: Drive the end-to-end development of firmwide security products. You will remain hands-on in the code to solve complex integration challenges between platforms, SaaS and our core infrastructure. Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams Modernize & Integrate: Lead the technical integration of security controls into our platforms, ensuring "Security-by-Design" without slowing down our developers or business. Be accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domain. Lead by Doing: Maintain a high level of hands-on technical contribution. You will write or review code, design critical system components, and troubleshoot complex production issues alongside your engineers. Develops and executes the function’s objectives and is responsible for outcomes Mentor & Scale: Directly manage and grow a team of security & software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous integration (CI/CD), and test-driven development (TDD). Be responsible for staffing, budget, and relevant profit and loss Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 10 years of software engineering and security experience 5 years experience running teams of engineers that deliver security solutions operations on cloud-based platforms and applications Full-Stack Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in multiple coding solutions, with a track record of building secure, scalable distributed systems Experience building security engineering products and solutions for public cloud-based applications and infrastructure Security Foundation: Deep technical knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, and TLS/SSL protocols within a CASB or Proxy context. Integration Powerhouse: Proven experience integrating complex security platforms across Hybrid-Cloud environments (AWS/Azure/Private Cloud). Experience hiring, developing, and recognizing talent Experience leading a product as a product owner or product manager Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills API Gateway, Custom VPN & proxy Development Infrastructure as Code: Advanced experience with Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), and automated security scanning in the pipeline. AI/ML Observability: Hands-on experience building monitoring for LLM-based applications (e.g., tracking token usage, latency, and "hallucination" metrics). SSE, CASB or SIEM integration an hands-on experience building monitoring. Strategic Influence: Ability to translate complex technical risks into business terms for Operating Committee (OC) level stakeholders. Education: BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.

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