Low-Latency Trading Infrastructure Architect

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer for the Electronic Trading Service. You will bring cross-disciplinary expertise spanning low-latency software, network/platform engineering, and the end-to-end trading stack across Investment Banking Markets.

You will validate performance with IXIA and hold an active network platform certification. The successful candidate will mentor junior engineers, collaborate with trading desks, and ensure scalable, reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Formal training and certification such as CCNP, CCIE or equivalent with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Strong understanding of network architecture, protocols, and technologies (TCP/IP, multicast, routing, switching).
• Experience in infrastructure engineering within financial services.
• Proficient with network automation tools and scripting (Python, Ansible).
• Deep technical knowledge across Cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and design the architecture for electronic trading systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance to meet trading requirements.
• Applies deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies focused on analyzing complex data and systems, anticipating issues, and finding ways to mitigate risk.
• Works with other platforms to architect and implement changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technology processes
• Maintain detailed documentation of system architecture, configurations, and changes, and provide regular reports on system performance and issues.
• Acts as the escalation point during major incidents for your application and demonstrates the skills to identify and solve issues quickly to avoid financial losses.
• Be responsible for infrastructure engineering in accordance with business requirements.
• Executes work according to compliance standards, risk and security, and business objectives
• Considers upstream/downstream system or technical implications and advises on mitigation actions
• Advises junior engineers and technologists
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Skills

Network architecture

TCP/IP

Multicast

Python

Ansible

Cloud technologies

Routing and Switching

Cisco IOS/NX-OS

Load balancing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Wireshark

Arista EOS

F5

Fortinet

Cisco IOS/NX-OS

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer for the Electronic Trading Service. You will bring cross-disciplinary expertise spanning low-latency software, network/platform engineering, and the end-to-end trading stack across Investment Banking Markets.

You will validate performance with IXIA and hold an active network platform certification. The successful candidate will mentor junior engineers, collaborate with trading desks, and ensure scalable, reliable