Sr Manager of Security Engineering- Backend Java

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Columbus, OH +1 · Corporate Sector

Senior Manager of Security Engineering role focused on leading teams, providing technical coaching, and driving the adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within security engineering workflows. The role emphasizes improving productivity and decision quality through AI assistance, with a strong focus on human-in-the-loop validation, data sensitivity, and establishing standards for AI-assisted workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provides overall direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level security engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks
  2. Be accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures.
  3. Drives reuse-first adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment across security engineering teams to improve productivity and decision quality (e.g., accelerating analysis and documentation), with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
  4. Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders
  5. Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification on security concepts
  • 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering or software development
  • experience building internal tools or workflow automation
  • planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level solutions
  • leading teams in the safe use of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment for security engineering workflows
  • validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
  • Ability to review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalate uncertainty appropriately, and ensure outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.
  • Experience building internal tools, workflow automation, or pipeline management systems
  • Expertise in IAM technologies: OAuth2.0, SAML, ABAC, RBAC, PBAC, OPA
  • Advanced proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.js—production-quality code
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, Application Resiliency, Security, Service Ownership
  • Extensive experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing

Nice to have

  • Experience with dashboard and reporting tools: Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, custom dashboards.
  • Experience with hybrid identity environments: Azure AD/Entra ID Connect, AWS Cognito, OIDC Federation
  • Familiarity with regulated industry environments (financial services, healthcare, government)
  • Experience with BloodHound, SharpHound, or equivalent AD attack path analysis tools

What the JD emphasized

  • enterprise-authorized AI capabilities
  • human-in-the-loop validation
  • appropriate handling of sensitive data
  • AI-assisted workflows
  • security and resiliency expectations
  • safe use of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities
  • validation habits
  • awareness of data sensitivity
  • review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations
  • escalate uncertainty appropriately
  • security, resiliency, and auditability expectations