Director of Secure Linux Platform Engineering

Fairygodboss; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead a team delivering secure, scalable Linux platform solutions across the enterprise. You will own engineering roadmaps, drive modern practices such as CI/CD, automation, testing, and observability, and mentor engineers to achieve technical excellence.

You will partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and applications teams to ensure security standards, operational resilience, and reliable platform

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for designing, building, and supporting large-scale platform or infrastructure services.
• Deep expertise in Linux and UNIX operating systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
• Strong experience with software development lifecycle practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and release management.
• Hands-on experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience implementing and supporting enterprise security, platform hardening, and operational risk controls.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices and software supply chain integrity principles.
• Experience managing technology roadmaps, delivery priorities, and cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Proven ability to influence senior technology and business stakeholders and communicate complex technical topics to diverse audiences.
• Experience hiring, developing, and mentoring engineering talent.
• Practical cloud-native engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers responsible for the design, development, deployment, and continuous improvement of enterprise Linux operating system platforms and services.
• Establish technical direction and engineering standards for secure operating system image development, lifecycle management, and platform automation.
• Drive the adoption of modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, infrastructure automation, testing, observability, and operational resilience.
• Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application teams to implement secure-by-design platform capabilities and ensure alignment to enterprise security standards.
• Own engineering roadmaps, delivery priorities, and platform modernization initiatives within your technology domain.
• Lead the development of automated solutions for image creation, validation, release management, configuration management, and operational controls.
• Evaluate and communicate the impact of operating system and security baseline changes across business applications, infrastructure services, and partner integrations.
• Establish governance, controls, and measurable outcomes related to software quality, reliability, maintainability, and operational performance.
• Drive software supply chain security practices including artifact integrity, automated validation, vulnerability management, traceability, and release governance.
• Collaborate with senior technology and business stakeholders to influence strategy, prioritize investments, and deliver scalable platform solutions.
• Develop and mentor engineering talent while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.

Skills

People leadership

Linux/UNIX (RHEL)

CI/CD & automation

Scripting (Python/Go/Bash)

Security & risk controls

Platform roadmaps & strategy

Mentoring engineering talent

Cloud-native engineering

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory/compliance awareness

Job description

JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead a team delivering secure, scalable Linux platform solutions across the enterprise. You will own engineering roadmaps, drive modern practices such as CI/CD, automation, testing, and observability, and mentor engineers to achieve technical excellence.

You will partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and applications teams to ensure security standards, operational resilience, and reliable platform