Senior Infra Lead - AI-Driven VM & Cluster Automation

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centers

A retirement savings plan

Backup childcare

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

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Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive on-premises private cloud innovations, enabling multiple hypervisor platforms and delivering a consistent end-user experience across on-prem and public cloud environments. You will mentor engineers, advance automation, and champion secure SDLC practices.

You will join a fast-paced agile team, contribute to production-grade deployments, and work with OpenShift/Kubernetes in a global context, influencing architecture and engineering

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on software engineering experience building and operating production systems (or equivalent depth of experience).
• Strong fundamentals in system design: API design, data modeling, testing strategy, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in Go, Java, or Python building scalable server-side services.
• Experience in System Design and Data Modeling.
• Solid understanding of virtualization automation (VM lifecycle and resource concepts: CPU, memory, storage, networking).
• Hands-on experience automating OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster lifecycle and Day-2 operations (upgrades, configuration management, policy/compliance alignment).
• Experience developing and maintaining automated workflows in complex distributed environments; strong troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of security and compliance expectations (authN/authZ, secrets handling, data integrity, secure SDLC).
• Experience with workflow orchestration at scale (Temporal strongly favored; similar orchestration acceptable).
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence peers across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting for virtualized cluster lifecycle automation.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, compliance enforcement, and decommissioning using Platform APIs
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability
• Lead production-grade deployments, own technical solutions, diagnose issues using structure troubleshooting methods.
• Work with large-scale infrastructure projects
• Document design decisions to enhance auditability.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance that elevates engineering standards.
• Collaborate, influence, and partner with peers across global teams.

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive on-premises private cloud innovations, enabling multiple hypervisor platforms and delivering a consistent end-user experience across on-prem and public cloud environments. You will mentor engineers, advance automation, and champion secure SDLC practices.

You will join a fast-paced agile team, contribute to production-grade deployments, and work with OpenShift/Kubernetes in a global context, influencing architecture and engineering