Infrastructure Engineer III - Network Services

Testing Site - JPMC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer III to design, implement, and maintain scalable network infrastructure across data centers and hybrid cloud environments. You will collaborate with vendors and internal teams to deliver secure, reliable networking for mission-critical services.

The role emphasizes automation, observability, and capacity management, with opportunities to drive improvements through scripting and cross-technology projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of network design experience in large enterprise environments.
• 5+ years hands-on with routing technologies (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS).
• 3+ years with Cisco routing/switching (Nexus, Catalyst) or comparable platforms.
• 2+ years with low-latency networking (Nexus 3k, Arista, Voltaire).
• Experience analyzing business and system requirements in multi-platform environments.
• Proficiency in one or more scripting languages for automation.
• Experience with multiple cloud technologies and operating across public and private clouds.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure with clear documentation.
• Partner with lines of business and vendors to develop data center solutions and deploy services.
• Ensure end-to-end observability and operational excellence for networked applications.
• Triage and resolve nuanced issues and drive timely resolution.
• Contribute to capacity planning and daily capacity processes.
• Govern risk remediation statuses with partners across teams.
• Make significant technical decisions across multiple projects.

Skills

Network design

Scripting

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Cisco Nexus

Arista

Juniper J/M/E

BGP/OSPF/IS-IS

Nexus 3k

Ansible

Job description

Why join us

• Work at scale on mission‑critical infrastructure for one of the world’s most trusted financial institutions, where reliability and performance matter every second.
• Solve complex networking challenges across data centers and hybrid cloud environments, partnering with high‑performing engineers and vendors.
• Grow your impact through automation, data fluency, and modern network architectures.

As an Infrastructure Engineer III in JPMorganChase’s Infrastructure Platforms — Foundational Services — Network Services organization, you will design, implement, and maintain network infrastructure that enables our businesses to operate securely and reliably at scale. You’ll apply strong networking fundamentals, collaborate across lines of business and vendors, and drive continuous improvements through monitoring, capacity management, and automation.

Job responsibilities

Contribute to an inclusive team culture rooted in diversity, opportunity, and respect.

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure aligned to business needs, with clear documentation of current and proposed states.
• Partner with lines of business, vendors, and internal technology teams to develop data center network solutions and deploy services.
• Apply problem‑solving methodologies to initiatives of moderate scope; ensure end‑to‑end observability and operational excellence for networked applications and services.
• Triage and resolve nuanced issues; determine appropriate escalation paths and drive timely resolution.
• Execute standard approaches to analyze and break down technical problems; contribute to capacity planning and operate daily capacity processes.
• Identify upstream/downstream system implications; govern risk remediation statuses with application and infrastructure partners.
• Make significant technical decisions across projects spanning multiple technologies and applications.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of technical and network design experience in large enterprise environments.
• 5+ years hands-on with routing technologies (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS).
• 3+ years with Cisco routing/switching (e.g., Nexus, Catalyst) or comparable platforms (Arista, Juniper J/M/E).
• 2+ years with low-latency networking (e.g., Nexus 3k, Arista, Voltaire)
• Experience analyzing business and system requirements in multi‑platform, distributed environments.
• Broad exposure to:
  • IIP routing, Ethernet switching, VPNs, QoS; Remote/Local access; campus networks; metropolitan-area networks; WAN; optical networking
  • IP services (DNS, web proxy, SOCKS), multicast; load balancing; geographic/local server load distribution.
  • Network security and firewalls (e.g., Cisco PIX, Check Point).
  • IBM SNA and multi-service (voice/video) environments.
• Proficiency in one or more scripting languages for automation
• Experience with multiple cloud technologies and operating across public and private clouds, including migrations.
• Growth mindset toward data fluency, automation, and adjacent infrastructure domains.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Industry certifications (Cisco, Arista) are a plus.
• Additional programming/scripting (Bash, KSH) and infrastructure automation (Ansible) experience.
• Knowledge of load balancing and firewall platforms (e.g., F5, Check Point, Fortinet).