Lead Infrastructure Engineer: Firewall

JPMorganChase•Seattle, WA

12d

About The Position

As a Lead Firewall Infrastructure Engineer at JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms, you will be a key member of a high-performing team focused on infrastructure and performance excellence. You will apply deep knowledge of software, applications, and technical processes within infrastructure engineering, while continuing to develop technical and cross-functional knowledge beyond your primary domain. The role includes designing, implementing, and managing enterprise firewall infrastructure; developing automation; and coordinating with other platform and operations teams to resolve issues and modernize technology and processes. You will use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to support infrastructure analysis, design documentation, and delivery workflows, validating outputs and handling operational data according to security and sensitivity requirements.

Requirements

Formal training or certification in infrastructure engineering concepts.
At least 5 years of firewall and network security design, engineering, and implementation experience in a large enterprise environment.
Deep knowledge of one or more infrastructure engineering areas, such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments.
Experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities for infrastructure engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
Ability to review and validate AI-assisted recommendations before implementation, escalate when uncertain, and ensure outcomes meet resiliency, security, and auditability expectations.
Deep knowledge of one specific infrastructure technology and scripting languages.
Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and multiple cloud technologies, with the ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds.
Knowledge and experience with DMZ and other boundary network architecture.
Software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming, scripting, or DevOps languages, including Python, Ansible, Terraform, or JSON.
Understanding of microservices, CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, APIs, TCP/IP, and routing.

Nice To Haves

Experience with network security technologies such as proxies and load balancers.
Experience working with Agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum.

Responsibilities

Apply technical expertise and problem-solving methods to projects of moderate scope, delivering design, development, and technical troubleshooting solutions.
Use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate infrastructure analysis and design documentation; validate outputs and handle operational data in accordance with sensitivity and security requirements.
Drive a workstream or project involving infrastructure engineering technologies and collaborate with other platforms to architect and implement changes that resolve issues and modernize technology and processes.
Consider upstream and downstream data, systems, and technical implications, and advise on mitigation actions.
Apply reuse-first, AI-assisted practices in delivery and automation to identify recurring issues and validate remediation options, ensuring changes are traceable, auditable, resilient, and secure.
Design, implement, and manage enterprise firewall infrastructure using Check Point, Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Tufin policy orchestration platforms.
Develop and maintain automation scripts for device provisioning and operational tasks, and establish engineering standards and technical artifacts for certified technology products.
Develop implementation and operational documentation.
Act as an escalation point for Network Operations and Service Delivery teams.
Coordinate and collaborate across teams with stakeholders.