Job Description
As a Penetration Tester part of the Cybersecurity Operations and Assessments arm of JP Morgan Chase, your role is pivotal in protecting Chase Travel's business operations, client/employee data and the organization's intellectual property. As a in-house Penetration Testing professional you will demonstrate knowledge of Cybersecurity infrastructure and cloud principles.
As an experienced professional in our cybersecurity organization, you won't just be watching over our data - you'll be finding innovative new ways to protect it in the future. To do that, you'll help lead a highly motivated team focused on analyzing, designing, developing, and delivering solutions built to stop adversaries and strengthen our operations. You'll use your leadership skills to give guidance, advise on best practices and support our business and technology groups. By taking the lead on incident response, risk reviews, vulnerability assessments and identifying threats, you'll help us deliver cost-effective solutions that put our clients first. You'll deploy best practices, new policies and emerging trends to strengthen our strategic roadmap. By presenting your findings to senior leaders, you'll sharpen your communication and presentation skills. As part of our global team of technologists and innovators, your work will have a critical impact on our company, as well as our clients and our business partners around the world.
Job responsibilities

• Plan, scope, coordinate, and manage penetration tests on a global level from initiation to closure
• Carry out application & network testing of the cloud to expose weaknesses in security
  • Black/white/gray box testing
  • Manual testing
  • Automated testing
• Plan, create and execute penetration attack methods, scripts, and tests using the current polices and process
• Simulate security breaches to test a system's relative security
• Work with the business to determine test requirements
• Understand how identified flaws could affect a business, or business function, if they're not fixed.
• Create reports and recommendations from findings
• Collaborate with other teams to act as an advisor on methods to fix or lower security risks

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in cybersecurity engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 3+ years of 'fingers on keyboard' experience conducting " manual " penetration testing and vulnerability assessments to include, but not limited to:
  • Network testing
  • Application testing
  • Black/white/gray box testing
  • Manual/Automated testing
• Excellent command of cybersecurity organization practices, operations risk management processes, principles, architectural requirements, engineering threats and vulnerabilities, including incident response methodologies
• Ability to identify network attacks and systemic security issues as they relate to threats and vulnerabilities, with a focus on recommendations for enhancements or remediation.
• Experience working in a public cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Ability to manually conduct a penetration test
• Proficient in coding in one of more languages (e.g. Python, Bash, Java, C++, PowerShell...)
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Strong understanding of infrastructure/cloud architecture and security testing approaches. This will include using tools, manual testing, and various testing techniques.
• Ability to independently conduct and lead security assessments
• Ability to represent/convey information, both verbal/written to multiple organization levels (Social intelligence)
• Ability to explain/convey technical vulnerabilities to technical/non-technical 3rd parties. (Technical Intelligence)
• Understand complex computer systems and technical cyber security terms as well as their applications
• Willingness to travel up to 20%

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Certification(s): OSCP/OSWP/OSCE/OSEE/OSWE/OSEP/CEH and CISSP/CISM

About Us
JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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.
JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
The Cybersecurity & Technology Controls group at JPMorgan Chase aligns the firm's cybersecurity, access management, controls and resiliency teams. The group proactively and strategically partners with all lines of business and functions to enable them to design, adopt and integrate appropriate controls; deliver processes and solutions efficiently and consistently; and drive automation of controls. The group's number one priority is to enable the business by keeping the firm safe, stable and resilient.
High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.