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JPMorgan Chase

Senior Lead Security Engineer - PKI, Cryptography

Plano, TX · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026

Experience
5+ years applied experience; no alternatives stated.
Education
Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts.

About the job

Leads cryptography, key management, PKI, and data-protection engineering, setting strategy and controls while helping teams build and operate secure systems.

What you'll do

  • Own cryptography and key-management strategy, standards, and roadmaps across platforms and applications.
  • Design and deliver key-management, data-protection, and applied cryptography capabilities, including lifecycle controls and certificate automation.
  • Embed security in development and operations through reusable tooling, reviews, testing, threat modeling, and cross-team guidance.

What they ask for

  • Formal training or certification in security engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
  • Strong system-design and applied-cryptography foundation, with demonstrated experience building secure systems and hands-on key-management experience.
  • Advanced, hands-on Java experience, strong testing discipline, and secure-coding practices.
  • Experience operating enterprise-grade services and leading threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, remediation, and cross-functional initiatives.

Nice to have

  • Deep experience with hardware security modules and key-management service platforms.
  • Experience with PKI and TLS at scale, secrets management, or post-quantum migration planning.

Tools

Java, hardware security module, key management service, public key infrastructure, transport layer security, mutual transport layer security, static and dynamic analysis, policy-as-code

AI focus

Review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalate uncertainty, and ensure outcomes meet security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.

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First seen Oct 30, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)