Security Engineer III-Python, Bash, Vulnerability Assessments

Security Engineer III The security of a global financial institution depends on the strength of the people and systems behind it. At JPMorganChase, we're looking for a skilled security engineer ready to operate and evolve the infrastructure that keeps our firm — and the millions of people who depend on us — protected. This is your opportunity to work at scale, drive meaningful impact, and grow your career within one of the most sophisticated cybersecurity programs in the world.

As a Security Engineer III at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls, Runtime Vulnerability Assessment team, you serve as a seasoned member of a team responsible for operating and advancing the firm's global vulnerability scanning program. You will help ensure comprehensive, timely detection across every asset — from on-premises data centers to cloud environments — and contribute to the scanning backbone that supports enterprise-wide risk decisions. You will carry out critical technology solutions with rigorous, audit-ready methods across multiple technical areas in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

Operate and maintain the firm's global scanner fleet, including appliance deployment, health monitoring, scan profile tuning, and failure recovery across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, and North American data centers

Develop and maintain automation tooling for scanner lifecycle management, including provisioning frameworks, agent packaging for Linux and Windows platforms, and integration with internal deployment pipelines.

Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate security analysis and vulnerability assessment documentation, validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately.

Apply vulnerability scanning platforms to assess detection coverage, correlate findings, and identify gaps across managed and unmanaged asset populations

Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud engineering teams to ensure scan reachability across segmented networks, cloud workloads, and hybrid environments

Contribute to the development and maintenance of operational runbooks, continuity documentation, and coverage exercises to sustain scanning through infrastructure changes and major platform events

Analyze scan data and detection trends to surface actionable insights that inform enterprise risk prioritization and remediation workflows

Partner with cross-functional teams to support compliance scanning requirements and ensure alignment with regulatory and audit standards.

Applies reuse-first, AI-assisted practices within SDLC/toolchain routines to strengthen security testing and control validation, ensuring traceability/auditability and alignment to resiliency and security expectations.

Champion engineering best practices, including infrastructure-as-code, version control, and change management, within the vulnerability management program

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience

Experience designing and operating vulnerability scanning solutions at enterprise scale, including scanner infrastructure, agent management, and scan orchestration

Proficiency in scripting and automation using one or more languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or configuration management frameworks.

Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support security engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.

Ability to review and validate AI-assisted code/security recommendations before use, escalating when uncertain and following security and data handling requirements.

Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle, including infrastructure-as-code practices and change management controls

Working knowledge of network fundamentals, including segmentation, firewall rules, and connectivity as they relate to scan reachability

Familiarity with agile methodologies and continuous integration and delivery practices within a security engineering context

Ability to communicate technical findings and operational risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

Hands-on experience administering Qualys or Tenable platforms, including appliance deployment, option profile configuration, and API-driven automation

Familiarity with agent-based scanning, binary packaging pipelines, and manifest version control for endpoint security tooling

Experience supporting Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance scanning or equivalent regulatory scanning requirements

Exposure to cloud-native security tooling and vulnerability management across major cloud providers