Lead Infrastructure Engineer - VMware, Red Hat, Kubernetes, Terraform

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Plano, TX

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About The Position

As a Lead Infrastructure Software Engineer on JPMorganChase’s Platform Migration Engineering and VSI team, you will help an agile team enhance, build, and deliver trusted technology products securely, reliably, and at scale. You will apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methods to challenges spanning multiple technologies and applications, and contribute to significant business outcomes.

The role focuses on designing, implementing, and operating resilient infrastructure platforms across virtualized and containerized environments. It includes VMware virtualization, Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes, Terraform and other infrastructure-as-code tools, and automation of platform operations. You will also apply practical AI capabilities to infrastructure engineering in accordance with security and data-handling requirements, establish engineering standards and reusable practices, lead complex troubleshooting and remediation, collaborate across technical teams, and provide technical leadership through design reviews and mentoring.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in infrastructure engineering concepts and at least 5 years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting VMware virtualization solutions.
• Practical experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes in production or similarly complex environments.
• Strong understanding of containerization concepts, including container images, registries, networking, storage, and orchestration.
• Experience developing and managing infrastructure as code with Terraform and/or comparable tools.
• Demonstrated ability to automate infrastructure and operational workflows using suitable scripting or automation tools.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, virtualization, containers, and platform services.
• Experience with reliability, security, change management, and operational support practices.
• Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with CI/CD practices and integrating infrastructure changes into delivery pipelines.
• Familiarity with configuration management, observability, platform security, and secrets management.
• Experience operating infrastructure across hybrid or cloud environments.
• Practical experience using AI-enabled tools or techniques to support engineering workflows, with sound judgment about validation, security, and data privacy.
• Relevant certifications in VMware, Red Hat, Kubernetes, Terraform, or related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate resilient infrastructure platforms across virtualized and containerized environments.
• Build and maintain VMware-based virtualization solutions, including platform configuration, lifecycle management, and operational support.
• Engineer and support Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes environments, including cluster operations, workload deployment, scaling, security, and troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and comparable tools.
• Automate platform provisioning, configuration, deployment, monitoring, and routine operational tasks.
• Apply practical AI capabilities to infrastructure engineering, such as operational analysis, troubleshooting, automation, and knowledge retrieval, while following applicable security and data-handling requirements.
• Establish and promote engineering standards, reusable patterns, documentation, and operational practices.
• Diagnose complex infrastructure issues, lead root-cause analysis, and drive sustainable remediation.
• Collaborate with application, security, architecture, and operations teams to deliver platform solutions.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentoring, and guidance to other engineers.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package, including base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location.
• Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash and/or forfeitable equity.
• Comprehensive health care coverage.
• On-site health and wellness centers.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Backup childcare.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health support.
• Financial coaching.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed