Principal Infrastructure Engineer- Data Center Networking

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Principal Infrastructure Engineer to enhance their Data Center Networking group. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in network architecture and infrastructure engineering, with deep expertise in technologies like Cisco and Arista. Responsibilities include solving complex problems, leading projects, and mentoring junior staff. This position requires strong skills in automation frameworks and technical documentation, providing critical network support for financial applications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure or network engineering.
• Proven experience in network architecture and design in large enterprises.
• Hands-on experience with routing technologies like BGP and OSPF.

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve high-complexity problems in infrastructure engineering.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers and technologists.
• Drive thought leadership and architect changes within technology platforms.

Skills

Network architecture

Infrastructure engineering

Automation frameworks

Technical documentation

Data center networking technologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Cisco

Arista

Juniper

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

As a Principal Infrastructure Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Data Center Networking group, you will leverage your extensive knowledge of software, applications, and technical systems and processes in infrastructure engineering, along with advanced expertise in other disciplines. You will contribute to the development of technical methods in a specialized field or area, aligning with product development methodologies. Your role involves applying in-depth expertise and problem‑solving methodologies to plan, accomplish, and review tasks across multiple large‑scope projects in various technical areas.

Job Responsibilities

• Identifies and solves problems of high complexity associated with infrastructure engineering technology.
• Applies extensive in‑depth expertise and problem‑solving to accomplish, plan, and review tasks across multiple large scope projects and businesses/domains to influence, manage and implement functional technology platforms.
• Responsible for high impact projects requiring deep technical expertise and leadership.
• Partners across other platforms to architect and implement changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technological processes.
• Drives thought leadership within the product line and/or platform.
• Extensive consideration of upstream/downstream system or technical implications and advice on mitigation actions.
• Consider financial implications of staffing, budget, and relevant profit and loss.
• Mentors and coach’s junior engineers and technologists.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field or formal training or certification in infrastructure disciplines and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in network architecture, design, and engineering within large enterprises.
• Deep technical expertise in data center networking technologies: Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Nexus, ACI, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, etc.
• Hands‑on experience with routing technologies: BGP, OSPF, and IS‑IS.
• Knowledge of switching concepts: VLANs, STP, VPC/MLAG, stacking.
• Practical experience with Cisco and Arista platforms (e.g., Nexus Series, Catalyst).
• Strong experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Python, CI/CD pipelines) for network infrastructure.
• Experience with Arista CVP, AVD, Cisco NFM, Cisco Network as Code.
• Demonstrated success in leading stability and resiliency programs including change management, incident response, and RCA.
• Experience leading complex projects supporting infrastructure engineering design, scaling, resilience, and system performance assessments.
• Strong documentation skills for technical projects and processes.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Deliver and maintain highly stable and resilient network environments supporting mission‑critical financial applications.
• Partner with cybersecurity, application, and cloud teams to ensure robust, secure, and scalable infrastructure designs.
• Lead and mentor a global team of network engineers and technical leads; develop talent and build succession plans.