Sr Principal Architect- HW Performance

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

You're a pro who wants to influence the future of technical architecture and our team is looking for people like you.

As a Senior Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms, you provide specialized expertise to influence the target state architecture and strategy for the firm's on-premises compute ecosystem. Work across teams to implement and advance the adoption of strategic infrastructure solutions that support enterprise-scale compute platforms, architecture governance, and long-term technology modernization. You will partner closely with the Chief Architect to drive systems architecture across multiple technology domains, establish architectural standards, and influence technology direction across the organization.

Job responsibilities

• Advises and leads architecture strategy across multiple technology domains within the firm's on-premises compute stack, including bare-metal provisioning, hypervisor platforms, virtual machine lifecycle management, container orchestration, software-defined networking, and infrastructure APIs.
• Leads reuse-first adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within architecture workflows to accelerate architecture analysis, design evaluation, and strategic decision-making while maintaining appropriate governance and oversight.
• Translates highly complex infrastructure, platform, and security architecture concepts into actionable recommendations for senior technology leadership to influence the firm's target state architecture.
• Drives architectural direction for infrastructure identity, attestation, and zero-trust security models spanning hardware root-of-trust, workload identity, and secure platform services.
• Leads architecture governance activities across a portfolio of critical applications, including design reviews, risk assessment, regulatory alignment, and technology control adherence.
• Authors and maintains architecture decision records, reference architectures, standards, and design patterns that guide engineering teams and ensure consistency across domains.
• Establishes architectural frameworks and infrastructure-as-code standards that serve as reference implementations for engineering teams across the organization.
• Drives cross-organizational alignment with peer architecture groups, enterprise governance bodies, and infrastructure reference architecture teams to influence strategic outcomes without direct authority.
• Leads architecture for sovereign and air-gapped deployment environments, addressing data sovereignty requirements, operational isolation, and regional regulatory obligations.
• Contributes to the evolution of AI infrastructure architecture, including accelerator technologies such as GPUs, DPUs, and IPUs, and their integration within the broader compute platform.
• Establishes portfolio-level guardrails for AI-assisted and agentic workflows used in architecture and engineering governance, including traceability, auditability, and control expectations aligned to resiliency and security standards.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A. Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Extensive experience leading infrastructure or platform architecture initiatives within large-scale technology organizations, including operating at Senior Principal Architect, Distinguished Engineer, or Chief Architect level.
• Deep expertise in on-premises compute infrastructure, including bare-metal provisioning, hypervisor technologies such as VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V, and full virtual machine lifecycle management.
• Practical experience delivering system design, platform engineering, application development, testing, and operational stability across complex infrastructure environments.
• Production experience designing and operating Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar container platforms, including cluster lifecycle management, multi-tenancy, and workload orchestration at scale.
• Deep understanding of datacenter networking technologies, including software-defined networking, network virtualization, and physical-to-logical network abstraction.
• Expertise in infrastructure identity and security architecture, including hardware attestation, workload identity frameworks, and zero-trust architecture principles.
• Demonstrated experience leading architecture governance forums, conducting design reviews, and translating regulatory and control requirements into architectural standards.
• Demonstrated experience leading safe adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within architecture workflows, including validation practices, governance controls, and sensitive data handling.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience operating in multi-hypervisor or multi-platform environments supporting workloads across multiple virtualization technologies.
• Familiarity with sovereign cloud, air-gapped environments, and architectures designed to meet data sovereignty and regional regulatory requirements.
• Experience with storage architecture, including SAN, NAS, distributed storage, and enterprise resilience engineering practices.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, datacenter failover strategies, business continuity planning, and fault isolation design principles.

ABOUT US

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Global Technology Infrastructure group is a team of innovators who love technology as much as you do. Together, you'll use a disciplined, innovative and a business focused approach to develop a wide variety of high-quality products and solutions. You'll work in a stable, resilient and secure operating environment where you-and the products you deliver-will thrive.

High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.