Principal Architect - Infrastructure/Security

JPMorganChase • Plano, TX

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About The Position

As a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within Asset & Wealth Management iCTO Services, you will drive the design, governance, and evolution of enterprise-scale infrastructure and security architecture. You will apply expertise across infrastructure, security, and cloud domains to develop architecture platforms grounded in modern cloud-based and security-first technologies, support strategic global solutions, and advance the firm’s target-state architecture goals.

You will partner with senior technology leaders and global teams to deliver resilient, secure, and scalable solutions for a globally distributed, highly regulated environment. The role serves as a senior subject matter authority, leading architecture reviews, shaping multi-year roadmaps, advising on technology choices, and establishing secure, reusable AI-enabled architecture and engineering practices.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in architecture concepts and 10+ years of applied experience, including extensive technology infrastructure and security experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in infrastructure and security technologies, cloud platforms, enterprise networking, data center architecture, virtualization, storage and compute infrastructure, Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms, container platforms such as Kubernetes and AWS ECS, and infrastructure as code.
• Demonstrated expertise in zero trust architecture, network segmentation, identity and access management, privileged access management, PKI and cryptography, endpoint protection platforms, cloud security controls, security monitoring and detection architecture, and hybrid cloud security models.
• Demonstrated experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities in architecture and engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into scalable platforms while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements.
• Experience leading a product as a product owner or product manager.
• Ability to present and effectively communicate architecture recommendations and risk decisions to senior leaders and executives.

Nice To Haves

• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale infrastructure modernization initiatives in a globally distributed environment.
• Financial services and regulatory compliance experience, including familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, PCI-DSS, and FFIEC guidance.
• Experience supporting highly regulated technology environments with complex governance and control requirements.
• Knowledge of cloud governance and control frameworks, including AWS and hybrid cloud security models.

Responsibilities

• Advise cross-functional teams on technology selection to achieve target-state architecture, providing authoritative guidance on infrastructure, security, and cloud platform decisions.
• Drive reuse-first adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities in architecture workflows, using human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Develop multi-year roadmaps aligned with business and architecture strategy, covering infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, and security architecture priorities.
• Serve as the senior security architecture subject matter expert across network security, cloud platform security, identity and access management, privileged access management, endpoint security, data center security, server and operating system security, infrastructure automation, and DevSecOps.
• Lead architecture reviews for critical applications, major infrastructure investments, and modernization programs.
• Identify infrastructure and security risks, define strategic mitigation plans, and ensure alignment with enterprise security policies, control frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across software development lifecycle and toolchain practices, ensuring traceability, auditability, resiliency, and security controls.
• Collaborate with global technology teams to present architecture recommendations and risk decisions to senior technology leadership and drive alignment.
• Contribute to technical methods and standards in specialized architecture fields in line with current product development methodologies.

What This Job Offers

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