Senior Lead Software Engineer - VMware/OpenShift

Testing Site - JPMC; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Plano, TX seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive platform initiatives in the Infrastructure Platforms team. You will guide an agile group, shape design decisions, and deliver secure, scalable software across VMware, OpenShift, Linux, and Windows environments.

You will own automation, CI/CD pipelines, and operational excellence, mentoring engineers, overseeing virtualization architectures, and collaborating across teams to meet security, resilience, and performance

Qualifications

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Deep expertise in VMware technologies and OpenShift administration.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Ansible, Bash, YAML).
• Experience with Linux and Windows OS management, patching, and monitoring.
• Experience administering Active Directory, DHCP, DNS services.
• Experience with microservices architecture, CI/CD tools, telemetry platforms, and infrastructure-as-code.

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus.
• Architect and maintain VMware infrastructure including vSphere, vCenter, ESXi hosts, Horizon, Workspace ONE, App Volumes, and Dynamic Environment Manager.
• Administer and optimize Red Hat Open Shift container platforms, including cluster setup, scaling, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Lead automation initiatives using Shell scripting, Terraform, and Ansible to streamline provisioning, patching, and monitoring workflows.
• Support and troubleshoot Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS) and Windows Server environments in virtualized and bare-metal deployments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on network setup, firewall rules, storage configurations, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain technical documentation in Confluence and ensure run books are current.
• Contribute to platform-level test solutions and resilience validation using cloud-native tools.
• Lead the installation, configuration, and maintenance of complex Linux server environments (e.g., RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).
• Design and implement scalable and resilient Linux infrastructure solutions within virtualized platforms.
• Automate Linux system administration tasks using advanced scripting (e.g., Bash) and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet).
• Perform advanced troubleshooting for complex Linux operating system issues, performance bottlenecks, and kernel-level problems.
• Implement and enforce robust security configurations, patching strategies, and compliance measures for Linux systems.

Skills

VMware & OpenShift

Scripting & automation

Linux & Windows OS management

Active Directory, DHCP, DNS

CI/CD tools & telemetry

Education

Computer Science/Engineering related degree

Tools

VMware vSphere/ESXi

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

Bash & YAML

Jenkins / GitHub Actions

Grafana / Splunk

Puppet

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector of the Infrastructure Platforms team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

The engineer will be responsible for managing VMware and Open Shift environments, supporting both Linux and Windows operating systems, and driving operational efficiency through automation and cloud-native practices.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Expertise in virtualization technologies (VMware vSphere/ESXi).
• Architect and maintain VMware infrastructure including vSphere, vCenter, ESXi hosts, Horizon, Workspace ONE, App Volumes, and Dynamic Environment Manager.
• Administer and optimize Red Hat Open Shift container platforms, including cluster setup, scaling, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Lead automation initiatives using Shell scripting, Terraform, and Ansible to streamline provisioning, patching, and monitoring workflows.
• Support and troubleshoot Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS) and Windows Server environments in virtualized and bare-metal deployments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on network setup, firewall rules, storage configurations, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain technical documentation in Confluence and ensure run books are current.
• Contribute to platform-level test solutions and resilience validation using cloud-native tools.
• Lead the installation, configuration, and maintenance of complex Linux server environments (e.g., RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).
• Design and implement scalable and resilient Linux infrastructure solutions within virtualized platforms.
• Automate Linux system administration tasks using advanced scripting (e.g., Bash) and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet).
• Perform advanced troubleshooting for complex Linux operating system issues, performance bottlenecks, and kernel-level problems.
• Implement and enforce robust security configurations, patching strategies, and compliance measures for Linux systems.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Deep expertise in VMware technologies and OpenShift administration.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Ansible, Bash, YAML).
• Experience with Linux and Windows OS management, patching, and monitoring
• Experience in administering Active Directory, DHCP, DNS services
• Experience with microservices architecture, event-driven systems, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), telemetry platforms (Grafana, Splunk), DevOps automation, and infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform, and Ansible.
• Experience in Tier 3 data center operations including air gap connectivity, patching strategies, and audit preparation.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Practical cloud native experience