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Job Summary:
JPMorganChase is a leading financial institution offering innovative financial solutions. The Principal Cybersecurity Architect will enhance and develop architecture platforms, support strategic global solutions, and provide technical thought leadership in cybersecurity.
Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and maintain complex, scalable, and reusable software frameworks, ensuring they meet industry standards for reliability, efficiency, and performance.
• Lead the creation and adoption of coding patterns and best practices across the organization’s development community, driving standardization and consistency.
• Architect and implement robust, secure, and high-performance frameworks for both cloud and on-premises environments, leveraging cloud-native services (e.g., AWS).
• Provide technical thought leadership, staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to guide the team and organization.
• Identify existing drawbacks, gaps, and inefficiencies in frameworks, processes, and practices; proactively recommend and implement improvements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and advisor on technological matters, influencing technical decisions and strategy across business, product, and technology teams.
• Lead proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives to evaluate new technologies and methodologies for potential adoption.
• Implement and manage IAM protocols and standards such as RBAC, OAuth2.0, SCIM, Authentication, WebAuthN, Authorization, OPA, and PBAC.
• Apply advanced security principles, including encryption, data security, and risk management, to all IAM solutions and processes.
• Stay abreast of emerging IAM technologies and security trends, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance security posture.
• Drive innovation by exploring and integrating cutting-edge technologies (e.g., cloud, streaming) into frameworks and products.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and talent development.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, with 10+ years of applied experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability, and strong focus on IAM architecture and implementation.
• Demonstrated success in leading large-scale IAM projects in complex environments.
• Deep expertise in software development using Java, Python, Node, or Golang.
• Deep understanding of encryption, data security, and risk management.
• Expertise in IAM principles: RBAC, OAuth2.0, SCIM, Authentication, WebAuthN, Authorization, OPA, PBAC.
• Proven experience building performant, scalable, and reliable microservices and frameworks for both cloud (AWS) and on-premises deployments.
• Advanced knowledge of API design, development, and security, with hands-on experience in enterprise-grade API solutions.
• Proficiency in Relational database skills, including SQL, data modeling, and experience with high availability database architectures.
• Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience with streaming technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.) and strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native development (AWS Lambda, ECS, S3, Aurora, API Gateway), and DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, develop and execute technical strategies, and drive organizational objectives. Ability to communicate effectively and present technical concepts to senior leaders and executives.
• Proven track record of technical thought leadership, including identifying and addressing technical and process gaps, and elevating team capabilities using excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Preferred:
• Strategic thinker with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
Company:
With a history tracing its roots to 1799 in New York City, JPMorganChase is one of the world's oldest, largest, and best-known financial institutions—carrying forth the innovative spirit of our heritage firms in global operations across 100 markets. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in New York, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.