JPMorgan Chase
Lead Security Engineer - Cloud Threat Hunting
OH · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of applied cybersecurity experience.
About the job
Leads cloud threat hunting and security architecture work, turning threat findings and risk assessments into controls and detection improvements across cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute cloud-focused threat hunts; analyze data and improve detections, alert tuning, and compensating controls.
- Assess cloud services, platforms, applications, and infrastructure-as-code for security risks and standards alignment.
- Partner with engineering, product, risk, and cybersecurity teams to develop scalable controls and support security operations and investigations.
What they ask for
- Formal cybersecurity training or certification and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including a relevant cloud security certification.
- Experience with threat modeling and risk-based security assessments.
- Experience with cloud security posture management tooling and knowledge of infrastructure-as-code frameworks and their security implications.
Nice to have
- Offensive security experience, such as penetration testing, red teaming, or purple teaming.
- Proficiency in a threat detection and hunting query language, such as KQL, Splunk SPL, or SQL; experience with agile frameworks and enterprise security documentation.
Tools
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Wiz, Prisma Cloud, CrowdStrike Falcon, Terraform, CloudFormation
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