Senior Lead Architect- Architecture Governance

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Jersey City, NJ

1d•$175,750 - $260,000

About The Position

As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms - Data & Specialty Services (DSS), you will be part of an architecture team developing high-quality solutions for software applications, platforms, and technical products. You will execute and continuously improve DSS architecture governance processes in partnership with Principal Architects, governance teams, engineers, and product teams, improving the quality, consistency, and traceability of architecture decisions. In a diverse hybrid technology environment, you will guide design decisions, encourage reuse of strategic intellectual-property platforms and services, and help ensure solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, and operationally ready. The role combines governance leadership and hands-on technical delivery. You will organize architecture forums, develop models and reusable guidance, advise cross-functional teams, and contribute to prototypes, automation, infrastructure definitions, and engineering patterns. You will also apply enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to architecture and engineering workflows with human validation and appropriate security, data-handling, resiliency, and auditability controls.

Requirements

Formal training or certification in architecture concepts and at least 5 years of applied experience.
Experience executing architecture governance processes, including RFCs, ADRs, controls traceability, architecture reviews, and auditable decision records.
Ability to improve architecture governance through practical standards, tooling, and automation.
Experience using enterprise-authorized agentic AI capabilities, including agentic skills and relevant context, to improve architecture governance workflows.
Experience with enterprise, software, and infrastructure architecture across cloud, compute, network, platforms, and resiliency engineering.
Expertise in architecture modeling for platforms and technical products.
Experience making and documenting architecture decisions, including trade-offs involving availability, performance, security, cost, maintainability, and regulatory or control requirements.
Ability to solve design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
Hands-on experience delivering system design, application or platform development, testing, and operational stability in complex production environments.
Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Proficiency in at least one programming language and practical experience with CI/CD tooling, automation, and software delivery practices.

Nice To Haves

Experience architecting or modernizing mission-critical platforms supporting infrastructure services, financial transaction processing, payments, enterprise data, electronic trading, or high-volume digital workflows.
Experience with platform engineering, self-service capabilities, service catalogs, reusable infrastructure patterns, and API- or event-driven integration.
Experience with infrastructure inventory, metadata, data quality, lineage, data contracts, data mesh or data-product practices, and analytical or operational data platforms.
Hands-on experience designing agentic AI capabilities, including reusable agent skills, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, context engineering, and related tools and controls.
Strong judgment and communication skills to influence technical direction across teams.

Responsibilities

Execute and improve DSS architecture governance, including RFCs, ADRs, controls traceability, and auditable decision records, in partnership with Principal Architects and governance teams.
Plan and run architecture governance forums, including preparing agendas and materials, managing attendance, coordinating votes, recording minutes, tracking actions, following through on decisions, and communicating with stakeholders.
Drive architecture decisions affecting product design, application functionality, technical operations, and engineering processes, balancing delivery speed, resiliency, security, operational stability, cost, maintainability, and strategic alignment.
Develop and maintain architecture models, reusable patterns, reference implementations, and design guidance for platforms and technical products.
Apply enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to architecture analysis, impact assessment, and engineering practices, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate sensitive-data handling and resiliency, security, and auditability controls.
Provide architecture guidance to product, engineering, operations, security, risk, control, contractor, and vendor teams, helping them prepare well-reasoned decisions and high-quality architecture artefacts for governance.
Remain hands-on in technical delivery, contributing to prototypes, automation, infrastructure definitions, and reusable patterns as needed.
Mentor and collaborate with technical colleagues, share knowledge and skills, and promote reuse of architecture patterns, tooling, and solutions.

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.
Additional benefits and programs based on eligibility.