Senior Penetration Tester

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 120,000

Job description

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Job Description

Contribute to leading-edge security and resilience efforts, advancing protective strategies and propelling continuous improvement.

As an Assessments & Exercises Vice President in Penetration Test, you will contribute significantly to enhancing the firm's cybersecurity or resiliency posture by using industry-standard assessment methodologies and techniques to proactively identify risks and vulnerabilities in people, processes, and technology. Your primary responsibility will be performing hands-on penetration testing of some of JPMC's most critical applications, platforms, and the perimeter. You will work with application developers to understand root causes and mitigate vulnerabilities, as well as identify where vulnerabilities can be identified earlier in the SDLC.

Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate an eagerness to learn, the drive to excel, excellent technical knowledge of security concepts, and proven expertise in penetration testing.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and execute testing and simulations - such as penetration tests, technical controls assessments, cyber exercises, or resiliency simulations, and contribute to the development and refinement of assessment methodologies, tools, and frameworks to ensure alignment with the firm's strategy and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate controls for effectiveness and impact on operational risk, as well as opportunities to automate control evaluation.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive assessment reports - including detailed findings, risk assessments, and remediation recommendations - making data-driven decisions that encourage continuous improvement.
• Utilize threat intelligence and security research to stay informed about emerging threats, vulnerabilities, industry best practices, and regulations. Apply this knowledge to enhance the firm's assessment strategy and risk management.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• 5+ years of experience in conducting manual penetration tests against a wide variety of applications and technologies including web, mobile, thick clients, and cloud.
• Foundational knowledge of cybersecurity practices, operations, risk management processes, principles, architectural requirements, engineering, and threats and vulnerabilities, including incident response methodologies.
• Ability to identify systemic security or resiliency issues related to threats, vulnerabilities, or risks, with a focus on recommendations for enhancements or remediation, and proficiency in multiple security assessment methodologies (e.g., OWASP Top Ten, NIST Cybersecurity Framework), offensive testing tools, or resiliency testing equivalents.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and report writing skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders across various functions and levels.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Proficiency in security concepts for both Windows and Unix-like Operating Systems.
• Experience in source code review and/or building software with multiple programming languages (i.e. Python, Java, Rust, etc.).
• Experience in reverse engineering standalone, thick client, and mobile applications.
• Certifications like CREST (CRT, CCT), OSCP, OSCE, GXPN, GRE.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers, and employees up for success.