Senior Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Capacity Management

JPMorgan Chase; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Senior Lead Infrastructure Engineer in Wilmington, Delaware. This role involves managing the Capacity Management strategy for critical banking applications, ensuring optimal technology capacity. Candidates should have extensive experience in infrastructure engineering, managing technology capacity at enterprise scale, and strong expertise with monitoring tools like Grafana and AWS. The position offers a competitive rewards package and emphasizes diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in Infrastructure Engineering.
• Proven experience managing technology capacity at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure KPIs and monitoring tools.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Proficiency with scripting to automate data pipelines, reporting, and runbooks.

Responsibilities

• Own the Capacity Management strategy for critical applications.
• Lead cross-functional capacity planning and risk management.
• Architect scalable solutions to modernize capacity processes.
• Produce executive-ready reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Advance observability and analytics with real-time KPIs and dashboards.
• Drive automation for runbooks and throttling / headroom actions.
• Lead quarterly and event-based capacity planning across regions/cloud.
• Establish data standards and quality controls for capacity tooling.
• Produce executive-ready reporting and communicate risks to senior stakeholders.
• Run parallel workstreams with clear milestones and dependencies.
• Mentor engineers and uphold documentation and governance standards.

Skills

Infrastructure Engineering knowledge

Capacity Management

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Scripting (Python, Go, JavaScript)

Stakeholder management

Education

Formal training or certification in Infrastructure Engineering

Tools

Grafana

Dynatrace

ELK

Power BI

Qlik

Tableau

AWS

Job description

As a Senior Lead Infrastructure Engineer in Consumer and Community Banking at JPMorganChase, you utilize strong knowledge of software, applications, and technical processes within the infrastructure engineering discipline. In this role you will elevate our Capacity Management practice and ensure mission critical applications have the right technology capacity at the right time.

Job Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Capacity Management strategy and operating model for critical CCB applications, including standards, KPIs, governance, and continuous improvement.
• Lead cross-functional capacity planning and risk management across Application, Infrastructure, and SRE teams; proactively identify risks and drive remediation to closure.
• Set and enforce capacity governance across platforms and applications; chair or co-lead working groups to align priorities and remove blockers.
• Architect and implement scalable, resilient solutions to modernize capacity processes, data flows, and tooling; influence platform roadmaps where needed.
• Advance observability and analytics: design consolidated views/dashboards, real-time KPIs, forecasts, peak calendars, event flags, and SLA-backed alerting.
• Drive automation: define and implement governed runbooks (with approvals and rollback) for actions such as uplift headroom, throttling non‑critical load, and pool rebalancing.
• Lead quarterly and event‑based capacity planning; ensure resilient workload placement across shared/exempt platforms and multi‑region/cloud environments.
• Establish data standards and quality controls; align capacity tooling with adjacent systems to ensure consistent, reconciled reporting.
• Produce executive‑ready reporting and communicate portfolio status, risks, and recommendations to senior stakeholders; translate technical findings into business impact. Champion cost, resilience, and performance trade‑offs; partner with platform owners, finance, and risk/compliance to optimize outcomes.
• Run parallel workstreams with clear prioritization, milestones, and measurable outcomes; manage dependencies and drive accountability across teams.
• Mentor and develop engineers; set high standards for documentation, operational excellence, diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Infrastructure Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. Relevant experience with demonstrated leadership of complex, cross‑functional programs.
• Proven expertise in managing or governing technology capacity (or adjacent ITIL processes) at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure KPIs (CPU, memory, I/O, network), application performance, and monitoring/observability tools.
• Hands‑on experience building and leveraging dashboards and analytics (e.g., Grafana, Dynatrace, ELK) and BI platforms (Power BI, Qlik, Tableau) for multi‑source data analysis.
• Proficiency with one or more scripting/programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, JavaScript) to automate data pipelines, reporting, and runbooks.
• Experience leading the lifecycle of cross‑functional projects, integrating automated systems, and delivering resilient, scalable solutions.
• Cloud experience (e.g., AWS) with the ability to design, develop, and deploy secure, scalable infrastructure; familiarity with multi‑region patterns and SRE practices.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management; able to influence decisions, build partnerships, and drive change across diverse teams.
• Track record of improving IT processes to maximize efficiency and user experience; strong documentation discipline and governance mindset.

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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