Lead Cloud Resiliency Engineer — AWS DR & AI-Driven

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Plano, TX, within the Consumer and Community Banking technology - Deposits Platform. You will lead disaster recovery efforts, design resilient architecture, and implement automated patterns using IaC and AWS services.

The role requires 5+ years in SRE/DR or distributed systems, strong programming skills (Python/Go/Bash), and experience with AI-assisted development tools while ensuring security and compliance.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience with AWS cloud architectures and DR-enabling services.
• Proficiency in at least one modern language (Python, Go, or Bash) and IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• 5+ years in SRE, Disaster Recovery Planning, or Distributed Systems Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of AI-assisted software development tools with governance for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and security expectations.
• Advanced understanding of CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (cloud, AI, ML, mobile, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate end-to-end DR tests and real-time failover events across all applications within the product portfolio, ensuring cross-team collaboration.
• Develop and maintain resiliency frameworks for automated product offerings and repeatable patterns.
• Define and monitor RTO and RPO for all product components, tracking metrics to identify gaps.
• Partner with application teams to automate DR provisioning, scaling, configuration, and monitoring using IaC tools like Terraform.
• Drive resiliency testing scenarios and chaos engineering using AWS FIS and AWS Resilience Hub to identify vulnerabilities before production.
• Partner with SREs to build advanced detection capabilities, leveraging AWS Resilience Hub to set up proactive CloudWatch alerts.
• Establish, maintain, and execute DR playbooks and recovery runbooks with thorough dependency mapping.
• Collect, govern, and report on DR test artifacts and resilience maturity scores for regulatory compliance.
• Drive enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes with validated AI outputs.
• Apply SDLC tools and automation capabilities to improve value from automation.

Skills

AWS Cloud Architectures

Modern programming languages (Python/-

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CFn)

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Disaster Recovery Planning

Education

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

AWS Backup

AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS)

AWS Resilience Hub

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Plano, TX, within the Consumer and Community Banking technology - Deposits Platform. You will lead disaster recovery efforts, design resilient architecture, and implement automated patterns using IaC and AWS services.

The role requires 5+ years in SRE/DR or distributed systems, strong programming skills (Python/Go/Bash), and experience with AI-assisted development tools while ensuring security and compliance.