Lead Identity and Security Software Engineer

We know that people want great value combined with an excellent experience from a bank they can trust, so we launched our digital bank, Chase UK, to revolutionise mobile banking with seamless journeys that our customers love. We’re already trusted by millions in the US and we’re quickly catching up in the UK – but how we do things here is a little different. We’re building the bank of the future from scratch, channelling our start-up mentality every step of the way – meaning you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact.

As a platform engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, you will be joining our Identity & Security workstream, within the Cloud Platform Engineering tribe, which is at the heart of a cutting-edge cloud-native AWS infrastructure that powers the Chase UK bank that is trusted by over 2 million customers. You will be exposed to a wide spectrum of technologies. 

We’re looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about new technology. By their nature, our people are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. We work in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects – and depending on your strengths and interests, you’ll have the opportunity to move among squads within the tribe.

Job responsibilities:

• Work alongside the Cloud Platform Engineering tribe and be exposed to an AWS environment with extensive use of Kubernetes. We run a modern platform, where Platform Engineers, and Security work extremely close and require an understanding of the AWS ecosystem and its technologies.
• Be responsible for the UK and other European markets, implementation of IAM technologies and principals, while ensuring the risk and controls landscape of the bank is upheld to the highest standards.
• Working with different stakeholders, in different teams, and countries daily. A key hand on stakeholder management, communication, and technical help with people who are technical and non-technical is required
• Understand and implement industry standards such as SAML, OIDC, MFA, RBAC, and technologies such as LDAP and Active Directory.
• Promoting and driving business controls, and you will need to be able to communicate with regulators, auditors, and legal at times. We have a robust control framework, which you will need to become familiar with.
  

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Formal training or certification on developing and maintaining applications in the public cloud concepts and proficient advanced experience
• Experience developing and maintaining applications in the public cloud (we use AWS)
• Experience managing public cloud infrastructure using infra-as-code technologies (we use Terraform), and specifically managing and supporting the integration between our IAM systems, vendors, and internal teams.
• Good knowledge of programming using a modern language (Java/Python/Go)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of IAM technologies as an industry standard Active Directory, SAML, OIDC, AWS IAM

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Familiar with software engineering security best practices in a cloud environment.
• Past experience working in a regulated business and understanding of technology controls.
• Experience working with Teleport, Hashicorp Vault.
• The business language is English; however, proficient German would be a benefit in this role.

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J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.