Lead Software Engineer - DevOps

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Palo Alto, CA

4h

About The Position

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer DevOps at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank Digital Enablement Team, you will apply deep knowledge of software, applications, and technical processes within the infrastructure engineering discipline. You will continue to evolve your technical and cross-functional knowledge outside of your aligned domain of expertise, contributing to the modernization and resilience of our technology landscape.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Deep knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking, databases, storage, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell, Groovy) for automation and infrastructure management.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and multiple cloud technologies, with the ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in production environments.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools and practices, including pipeline automation and governance.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/ECS).
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools, such as Terraform, for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
• Commitment to continuous learning and development of technical and cross-functional knowledge.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Solutions Architect, Kubernetes CKA, Terraform Associate, or similar certifications.
• Experience with event streaming and messaging platforms (e.g., Kafka, AWS SQS).
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to document standards and procedures.
• Bias toward automation and continuous improvement.
• Experience supporting audits and penetration tests, including security best practices.
• Ability to collaborate with third-party technical teams and cloud support services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver critical infrastructure engineering solutions across multiple technical areas as part of an agile team.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines; automate build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform; standardize modules and enforce best practices.
• Deploy and operate container platforms (EKS/ECS); optimize cluster capacity, networking, and autoscaling.
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents end-to-end; lead root-cause analysis and drive preventive actions.
• Implement and support core AWS services, including S3, SNS, SQS, RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and ElastiCache/Redis.
• Integrate and manage artifact repositories and build tools (e.g., JFrog Artifactory, Maven/Gradle).
• Establish secure container image pipelines, including vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement.
• Implement observability and alerting using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Plan and execute disaster recovery and multi-region readiness; validate failover and RTO/RPO targets.
• Ensure security and compliance, including IAM least privilege, encryption, secret management, and code scanning.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed