
Lead Software Engineer-Security and Privileged Access
at J.P. Morgan
Posted 19 days ago
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- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Jersey City
- Country
- United States
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Lead engineer on the Identity and Access Management team responsible for designing, building, and operating secure, scalable systems for privileged access across the firm. Hands-on role focusing on secure production code, system design, automation, CI/CD, and operational stability using Java and Python. Leads technical evaluations, vendor reviews, and communities of practice while driving adoption of cloud-native and real-time messaging technologies. Works closely with business and security stakeholders to implement authentication, authorization, encryption, RBAC/ABAC and related controls.
Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States
Job responsibilities
- Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
- Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
- Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced in Java and Python programming language(s)
- Strong design and Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and Design Patterns
- experience in authentication, authorization, encryption and role and attribute based access controls (RBAC and ABAC)
- Demonstrate proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
- Apply advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
- Exhibit expertise across all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Utilize practical experience with cloud-native technologies and real-time messaging
- Leverage in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and related IT systems
- Work with SQL and NoSQL databases within technical disciplines such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with real-time messaging technologies
- Applied practical knowledge of cloud-native platforms and solutions.




