Sr Principal Architect - Resiliency - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

You're a pro who wants to influence the future of technical architecture and our team is looking for people like you.

As a Senior Principal Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Cybersecurity and Technology Controls line of business, you provide specialized expertise to influence the target state architecture and strategy. Work across teams to implement and advance the adoption of complex strategic global solutions that give JPMorgan Chase a competitive advantage.

This role will be an integral part of a dynamic team that enables the business to sustain critical operations, through strengthening critical infrastructure and application resiliency. You will leverage your domain expertise to partner and collaborate with cross-functional teams to risk assess critical products & services to ensure system resilience. You will provide technical recommendations to implement solutions that improve and maintain high availability, disaster recovery and restoration of services in proactive preparation and response to plausible disruptive events.

Job responsibilities

• Lead technical risk assessments and after action reviews to identify potential vulnerabilities in infrastructure and operational resiliency
• Contribute to root cause analysis for technology incidents to review resiliency designs and strategies, to ensure robust fault tolerance and disaster recovery across systems within cloud and on-premise environments
• Collaborate with IT Leadership, platform and product owners, network engineers, site reliability engineers (SREs) and other technology stakeholders to align aspects of resiliency by design and architecture with business resiliency needs
• Work closely with cybersecurity teams to ensure resiliency recommendations align with best practices and integrate risk management practices into resiliency architecture and response planning
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in cloud and hyperscale technologies, virtualization, containerization, storage and disaster recovery solutions .Evaluate new technologies to improve availability, recovery and restoration capabilities and mentor technology partners in methodologies for designing and implementing resilient IT solutions
• Translates highly complex technical issues, trends, and approaches to leadership to drive the firm's innovation and enable leaders to make strategic, well-informed decisions about target state architecture
• Drives adoption and implementation of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies .Establishes and leads an architecture governance body
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that improves velocity and quality of output across teams and functions . Champions the firm's culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Experience designing and implementing disaster recovery strategies for large complex IT environments
• Proven track record of working with cloud providers (AWS, Azure etc.) and on-premise IT solutions to ensure high availability and resiliency
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and virtualization technologies (VMWare, Hyper-V and knowledge of container orchestration, microservices architecture and serverless computing
• Proficient in data replication, backup technologies, and clustering techniques and experience with network infrastructure & design, including topologies, protocols and security concepts . Understanding of of identity and access management, encryption and other security best practices and familiarity with observability, monitoring and incident response tools
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams and lead discussions and ability to explain complex technical subjects to non-technical stakeholders, and capable of producing clear, detailed and accurate technical documentation
• Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability . Demonstrated prior experience influencing across functions and teams to deliver modern architecture
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems across various technical disciplines . Extensive practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field
• Knowledge of architecture frameworks like TOGAF, Zachman or FEAF
• Demonstrated expertise in cybersecurity and risk management frameworks including experience implementing one of more of the following NIST, CIS, ISO/IEC 27001
• CCSP, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect or similar cloud certifications preferred

JPMorganChase, 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. 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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

Base Pay/Salary
Jersey City,NJ $232,750.00 - $325,000.00 / year