Principal Security Engineer-IAM

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 at JPMorgan Chase within the Cybersecurity and Technology Controls organization , 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.

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security team stands as a critical contributor to securing our cybersecurity posture and unlocking technological innovation. This specialized team is dedicated to safeguarding our digital landscape through strategic design reviews, comprehensive architecture assessments and strong advocacy for cutting edge innovation that advances the state of the art in IAM technology across the firm's investments in our on-prem and cloud environments. The IAM Architecture team operates in a vital capacity where we balance architecture and strategy develop IAM solutions that not only ensure robust security but enhance the user and developer experience. We balance the multiple objectives to understand and minimize technical depth, protect our customers while enabling smooth and efficient access for our community of users.

• Provide Strategic Oversight: Contributing to the overarching IAM strategy that aligns with the organization's business objectives, direction and security requirements.
• Drive Technical Leadership: Guiding the technical direction of IAM initiatives, including the selection and integration of IAM tools and technologies. This requires a deep understanding of both traditional and emerging IAM solutions, such as cloud and decentralized identity systems.
• Manage Risk: Assessing and mitigating risks associated with identity and access controls. This includes understanding the threat landscape as it pertains to identity theft, access breaches and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Engage Stakeholders: Collaborating with various stakeholders, including IT security teams, and business units to ensure IAM solutions meet the diverse needs of the organization.
• Innovate and Continuously Improve: Staying abreast of the latest trends and advancements in IAM and incorporating innovative solutions that enhance security while supporting the user experience and operational efficiency.
• Lead technology and process implementations to achieve functional architecture objectives
• Set the strategy for cultivating skills in cybersecurity architects
• Oversee decisions that influence teams' resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Enforce governance accountability for cybersecurity coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
• Manage staffing, budget, and relevant profit and loss

• Formal training or certification on software engineering/architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Subject Mater Expertise in the Identity And Access Management (IAM) domain with a proven track record of designing, implementing and maintaining IAM solutions
• Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc
• Experience building cybersecurity products and solutions for public cloud-based applications and infrastructure leveraging tools like Terraform.
• Expert in one or more programming languages to include Java and GoLang.
• Knowledge of containers and tools such as Kubernetes.
• Experience with Cloud Computing (public, private and hybrid) best practices as it relates to IAM security.
• Deep understanding of IAM principles, technologies and protocols such as oAuth, OpenID and OpenID Connect, LDAP, Kerberos...
• Experience with IAM tools and platforms like Okta, Microsoft Azure AD, SailPoint, Azure Identity Center or similar.
• Experience developing and leading cross-functional teams of technologists that design cybersecurity solutions operations on cloud-based platforms and applications.
• Experience leading a security product as a Product Engineer/Architect, Product Owner or Product Manager.