Senior Principal Integration Architect for SDN

As a Senior Principal Architect of JPMorgan Chase within the Software Defined Networking team, you will lead architecture & design of our next generation SDN capabilities to realize our vision and strategy, in partnership with other infrastructure teams and with alignment to our Enterprise Architecture.   The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise across multiple infrastructure domains with a focus on modern Software Defined Networking and Cloud concepts in order to drive a cohesive and integrated strategic architecture to meet our highly dynamic and continuously evolving business, regulatory and security landscape.  You will play a critical role in bringing disparate requirements and viewpoints together and synthesizing it into a architecture and design that means all the critical functional, scalability, resiliency, security and maintainability requirements and implementable by our engineering teams at the scale of JPMorgan Chase.

Key Responsibilities:

• Apply deep technical knowledge and problem-solving methodologies to analyze complex data/systems, anticipate issues, and mitigate risks.
• Work with other Engineering and Platform teams to architect and rapidly iterate on designs, patterns, or changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technology processes.
• Lead a team in developing secure, high-quality prototype and production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Motivation to solve problems, not deliver fixes.  Provide technical guidance and strategic direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Execute work according to compliance standards, risk and security, and business objectives.
• Advise and mentor engineers and technologists, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Develop and contribute to a great team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of modern architectural standards and practices, deep knowledge of Cloud concepts enabling Modern Software Defined Networks paradigms including VNFs, CNFs, CNIs (Cilium, OVH, Calico, etc), SASE; and Network Security tenants like Micro and Macro Segmentation/Zero Trust, Continuous Validation and enforcement of security Controls, etc.
• Knowledge of other complementary infrastructure technologies (e.g., containers, compute, databases,  storage, identity, etc).    
• Proven track record of partnering with Product Managers and other Architects to translate the vision and requirements into high quality Architecture and work with Engineering teams to refine and actualize the design.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Cross-domain Architecture and System design
• Practical experience with cloud-native technologies and virtualization and the ability to operate in design across public and private clouds.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Strong communication skills to work effectively with technical stakeholders and senior technology leaders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Network domain / engineering experience with underlay and overlay topologies at scale.  Experience with Policy as code frameworks (OPA, Kyverno, etc).   
• Experience in working in a rapidly evolving start up style organizations within a large regulated firm is a plus.
• Drive to continue developing technical and cross-functional knowledge outside of the product.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and 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 tota