Senior Principal Architect: On-Prem AI & Infra

Fairygodboss; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Seattle seeks a Senior Principal Architect to shape the target state architecture for the firm’s on-premises compute ecosystem. You will collaborate with the Chief Architect to drive standards and influence technology direction across multiple domains.

You will lead architecture governance, design reviews, and risk assessments while advancing secure, scalable infrastructure with AI accelerators and zero-trust principles.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts with 10+ years of applied experience.
• Senior Principal Architect/Distinguished Engineer/Chief Architect level leadership in large-scale tech organizations.
• Deep expertise in on-premises compute including bare-metal provisioning and hypervisor tech (VMware, KVM, Hyper-V).
• Experience delivering system design, platform engineering, testing, and operational stability across complex infra.
• Production experience designing and operating Kubernetes/OpenShift or similar platforms at scale.
• In-depth networking knowledge: SDN, network virtualization, and physical-to-logical abstraction.
• Infrastructure identity and security architecture including hardware attestation and zero-trust principles.
• Experience leading architecture governance forums and translating regulatory/control requirements into standards.
• Experience enabling safe adoption of enterprise AI within architecture workflows with governance and data handling.

Responsibilities

• Advises and leads architecture strategy across multiple tech domains within the on-premises compute stack.
• Leads governance activities, design reviews, risk assessments, and regulatory alignment.
• Translates complex infrastructure concepts into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
• Drives security architecture, including attestation, identity, and zero-trust models.
• Authors architecture decision records, standards, and design patterns for consistency.
• Establishes IaC standards and reference architectures for engineering teams.
• Collaborates with peer architecture groups and governance bodies for strategic outcomes.
• Leads sovereign and air-gapped deployment architecture addressing data sovereignty.

Skills

Architecture leadership

On-prem compute

VMware/KVM/Hyper-V

VM lifecycle management

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Networking SDN

Security architecture

Governance leadership

AI governance

Job description

JPMorganChase in Seattle seeks a Senior Principal Architect to shape the target state architecture for the firm’s on-premises compute ecosystem. You will collaborate with the Chief Architect to drive standards and influence technology direction across multiple domains.

You will lead architecture governance, design reviews, and risk assessments while advancing secure, scalable infrastructure with AI accelerators and zero-trust principles.