Senior Lead Cybersecurity Architect-Database Security

Join a leading global financial institution that prioritizes security, career growth, and comprehensive well being. In Columbus onsite, the Senior Lead Cybersecurity Architect for Database Security will serve as the threat modeling subject matter expert and architecture leader for database platforms, shaping risk-reducing controls and acting as the escalation point for complex database security challenges. This role combines technical leadership with hands on control development in a regulated environment.

Benefits

• Base compensation aligned with role, experience, skills, and location, USD 171,000 to 260,000 per year
• Opportunity for commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in cash and/or forfeitable equity
• Comprehensive health care coverage
• On site health and wellness centers
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare support
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health resources and support
• Financial coaching

Responsibilities

• Lead structured threat modeling for database platforms and data flows, identifying attack surfaces and risk scenarios
• Integrate threat modeling into the software development lifecycle and design reviews for database products
• Conduct security architecture reviews for new deployments, migrations, and major changes to databases
• Develop and optimize database security controls to achieve risk reduction outcomes
• Evaluate emerging requirements including Model Context Protocol and post quantum cryptography for database encryption
• Establish and govern database security standards and baselines using STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and best practices
• Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for IT Risk and Cyber teams related to database security
• Monitor key risk indicators to identify, quantify, and communicate issues with recommended resolutions
• Collaborate on audit, regulatory engagements, risk activities, and related projects

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in security concepts and 10+ years of hands on experience with database technologies, including 5+ years focused on database security architecture
• Deep expertise in at least two database platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, or cloud native databases
• Proven threat modeling experience using STRIDE, attack trees, or equivalent methods applied to database scenarios
• Strong understanding of database security controls including encryption at rest and in transit, access controls, audit logging, masking or tokenization, and network segmentation
• Experience with STIGs and CIS Benchmarks for database hardening; ability to publish and track standards and translate findings into actionable engineering requirements
• Background in a regulated environment with a three lines of defense model; financial services, healthcare, or similar
• Experience with NoSQL database security patterns (Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB)
• Familiarity with cloud database security configurations (AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL/Cosmos DB, GCP Cloud SQL)
• Knowledge of post quantum cryptography readiness for database encryption
• Experience with AI and ML data security, including securing training data, model outputs, and vector databases
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, and database vendor credentials (Oracle OCP, AWS Database Specialty, etc.)
• Background in financial services consumer businesses (mortgages, cards, digital) preferred

Technologies

• Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB
• AWS RDS, AWS Aurora, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, GCP Cloud SQL
• Model Context Protocol (MCP), post quantum cryptography (PQC), vector databases

About JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase is a long established financial institution delivering innovative solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses, and a broad portfolio of corporate and government clients. The company offers a competitive total rewards package and a focus on diversity and inclusion as core to its success. JPMorgan Chase is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on protected attributes.

About the Team

Our corporate functions cover finance, risk, human resources, marketing, and other areas, forming essential teams that support the company’s success. The role sits within a collaborative environment that emphasizes the cross functional partnership necessary to secure data and technology across the organization.