Senior Lead Software Engineer - Network Engineer

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.

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
• Plan, design, deploy, and configure network solutions/fabrics for the Wide Area Network environment consisting of Cisco routers, switches, and other network devices.
• Provide technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to the project to modernize the Enterprise WAN. Ensure network designs adhere to industry best practices and security standards.
• Manage lifecycle of network infrastructure, including deployment packages, as-built documentation, and performance optimization strategies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues, considering upstream/downstream dependencies and advising on mitigation actions.
• Ensure compliance with shared responsibility models, including physical infrastructure, connectivity, and facility-level standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
• Support integration with compute, storage, and appliance services, including provisioning white space and configuring baseline device settings.
• Design and implement Transport (circuit) capacity upgrades and performance enhancements, involving hands-on configuration changes and testing

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training and certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2+ years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Hands on experience in Network Engineering and formal training or certification on technical and network design concepts (CCIE,CCNP etc.)
• Knowledge of one or more areas of SW Engineering/infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments
• Exceptional skills in Networking Technologies- Experience configuring and troubleshooting routing and switching protocols (BGP, Multi-protocol BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, MPLS, RSVP-TE, IS-IS), working knowledge of network protocols (TCP/UDP, DHCP, DNS, LB, FWL, Proxy) and experience with IPv4 and IPv6
• Deep knowledge multiple infrastructure technologies and scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, yaml, Json, Bash, etc.)
• Knowledge of on-premises and remote Data Center technologies and operations
• Strong experience in several OS and Hypervisor platforms (Hyper-V, ESXi, KVM, VMWARE, Open Shift)
• Deep technical knowledge of Hardware Platforms Cisco ASR Class Routers and Arista
• Experience in infrastructure engineering automation, optimization and observability
• Experience in deploying and using telemetry tools to improve visibility in service offerings
• Solid understanding of public cloud technologies, for AWS / Azure on Kubernetes, Terraform
• Knowledge of network segmentation, firewall architectures, and compliance models

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in CI/CD and tools like Ansible, Terraform, Puppet for automating configuration management and deployment processes
• Working knowledge of 40/100/400G Ethernet and CWDM, DWDM and optical transport network technologies
• Understanding of different Optics and internals of a switch ASIC
• Working knowledge of physical infrastructure design including structured cabling and fiber-optic cabling
• Understanding of network hardware platforms and their specifications in the datacenter space
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight

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 Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives all over the financial spectrum and across all our divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and within the Corporate Administrative Office. You'll be part of a team specifically built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs, as well as our technology controls agenda.

Client-provided location(s): Plano, TX

Job ID: JPMorgan-210683245

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-11-08T19:00:42