Core & Foundational Platforms (CFP) is part of the Infrastructure Platforms (IP) organization, responsible for delivering and maintaining an industry-leading technology infrastructure to JPMorgan’s Global Technology Group. CFP’s mission is to provide seamless integrated solutions across clouds with a consistent, and intuitive user experience. We deliver market-leading multi-cloud technology capabilities centred around developers and business requirements.
As a Principal Architect at JPMorgan Chase within Core and Foundational Platforms, you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for the platforms that power our business applications. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for developing critical architecture solutions across multiple technical areas within IP in support of our strategy.
Job responsibilities
1. Influence the Architecture of multiple product lines -across SaaS vendors and all public and private clouds
2. Design and architect scalable, resilient solutions for platforms using modern frameworks.
3. Support the design, architecture, and evolution the JPMCs Private cloud, focusing on services integration (workload identity, token exchange and automated firewall management), a uniform platform experience (API standardization and common IAM) and uniform operational characteristics (telemetry, naming, events, inventory) for all Private Cloud products, platforms and services
4. Drive for the seamless integration of the Private Cloud with public cloud factories and control planes, enabling true Hybrid and Multi-cloud experiences
5. Lead control plane consolidation and resiliency design across Product Lines - fostering collaboration and a culture of inner-sourcing and code sharing between teams
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
6. Formal training or certification in architecture/engineering and expert applied experience
7. Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
8. Proven Solution Architect experience in infrastructure platforms
9. Highly technical strategic thinker - joins dots across multiple different technology stacks
10. Has a history of solving complex infrastructure problems with innovative technical solutions, workflows or coding
11. Deep knowledge of security best practices
12. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) as well as private cloud and virtualisation technologies
13. Defining NFRs and architectures for availability, extensibility, and resiliency
14. Ability to resolve ambiguity and translate target-state architectures into actionable transition plans
15. Experience with modelling and enterprise architecture
Preferred Qualifications:
16. Experience with AI/ML, LLMs, agentic AI, and generative AI
17. AWS/Azure/GCP certifications
18. Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field