Lead Cybersecurity Architect role at JPMorgan Chase in Chicago, onsite; salary range USD 133,000 to 185,000 per year.

Collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders to shape approaches that meet current and future cybersecurity needs.
Define the technical target state for the cybersecurity product and drive delivery of the strategic plan.
Develop software and leverage firmwide AI/ML tools to enhance secure design and threat assessment workflows.
Own and guide SDRs for AI/ML platforms, agentic systems, and MCP integrations; document decisions, required controls, and risk acceptances.
Apply enterprise authorized AI capabilities to support architecture workflows with strong validation practices and awareness of data sensitivity.
Evaluate and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and aligning outcomes with security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.
Define and govern secure reference architectures for agentic systems and MCP-enabled workflows, covering isolation, segmentation, encryption, and identity management.
Specify security requirements for authentication, authorization, data classification, and encrypted communications for MCP servers and agentic workflows.
Develop and maintain threat models for agentic systems, MCP servers, and LLM Suite integrations, mitigating risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and supply chain threats.

5+ years of cybersecurity architecture experience with hands-on delivery of enterprise-grade solutions and controls.
Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages.
Hands-on experience coding and using AI/ML and agents to enhance security assessments; willingness to work on proofs of concept for new ideas.
Proven ownership of Security Design Reviews, security requirements, and architecture governance for large-scale platforms.
Expertise in threat modeling and mitigating AI/ML risks such as prompt injection, data poisoning, model extraction/inversion, training data leakage, and third‑party/supply‑chain exposure.
Strong practical depth across cloud and application security: IAM/least privilege, encryption and key management, secrets, network segmentation, secure APIs, logging/monitoring, and secure SDLC/CI/CD.
Experience securing agentic AI systems and tool integrations, including MCP-based tool/data connectivity, with the ability to set guardrails for tool access, data handling, and runtime controls.
Proficiency across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
Demonstrated ability to apply software applications and processes within a technical discipline such as public cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile.
Deep knowledge of the financial services industry, IT systems, and experience communicating with senior leaders.
Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend future-state architecture.

Lead Cybersecurity Architect

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