Senior Lead Architect

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As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within Consumer Banking  – Customer Authentication (Trust & Security), you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications on modern cloud-based technologies. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical architecture solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of project goals.

Job responsibilities

• Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future needs for Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM), including customer authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle capabilities
• Defines the technical target state of their product and drives achievement of the strategy for CIAM platforms and services, including secure customer login and authentication journeys across channels
• Participates in architecture governance bodies with a focus on CIAM architecture standards, security controls, and risk alignment
• Evaluates recommendations and provides feedback on new technologies relevant to CIAM (e.g., IAM protocols and standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML; CIAM platforms; identity proofing; risk-based authentication; and cloud-native identity services)
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems in CIAM, including authentication flows, token/session management, and integration patterns
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others for CIAM components and integrations, ensuring strong security, privacy, and compliance outcomes
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis and decisioning across the product family, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Establishes reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across SDLC/toolchain practices, ensuring traceability/auditability, resiliency, and security controls.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems supporting CIAM and customer authentication workloads
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information related to CIAM solutions and identity/security tooling

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. 

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of 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.

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