Strategic Cloud Architecture Leader

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Principal Architect to influence target state architecture and strategy across Global Technology. Lead governance, reusable frameworks, and enterprise-scale solutions to give the firm a competitive edge.

You will collaborate across domains to accelerate AI-enabled architecture, ensure security, and drive resilience while guiding leaders with clear, actionable insights.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of architecture experience and formal training or certs.
• Experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Expertise in one or more architecture disciplines.
• Proven ability to influence across functions and teams.
• Extensive practical cloud-native experience.
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies for best solutions.
• Deep expertise in infrastructure architecture areas and governance.
• Experience leading AI adoption with governance and data sensitivity awareness.

Responsibilities

• Advises and leads architecture strategy across products, apps, and technologies.
• Translates complex issues and trends to leadership to guide decisions.
• Drives adoption of methods aligned with modern product development.
• Establishes and leads an architecture governance body.
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks for velocity and quality.
• Partners across domains to reduce tooling duplication and ownership ambiguity.
• Improves traceability, cost-performance outcomes, and governance reviews.
• Evaluates emerging capabilities for enterprise fit and readiness.
• Leads reuse-first adoption of AI capabilities with human-in-the-loop validation.
• Establishes guardrails for AI-assisted workflows with security and resiliency.
• Champions diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Architecture governance

Cloud-native

Cross-functional leadership

AI capabilities

Security & compliance

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Principal Architect to influence target state architecture and strategy across Global Technology. Lead governance, reusable frameworks, and enterprise-scale solutions to give the firm a competitive edge.

You will collaborate across domains to accelerate AI-enabled architecture, ensure security, and drive resilience while guiding leaders with clear, actionable insights.