Sr Lead Architect

at  JPMorgan Chase Co

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role offers an exciting opportunity for problem-solvers who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment. You will have the chance to influence multiple teams and processes, and your innovative ideas will be key in promoting solutions to completion. If you enjoy variety in your work and are ready for a role that challenges you to think both micro and macro, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, you will be responsible for problem-solving, understanding wider implications, and generating innovative solutions. You will work collaboratively across multiple teams and processes, addressing changes that impact various areas such as enforcing architecture strategy, code release controls, open source collaboration and asset management. Your role will be a combination of working on projects and initiatives to improve the Developer Experience and our control obligations, across a complex set of Commercial and Investment Banking Applications. You will also contribute to the firmwide architecture community, promoting solutions and decisions that improve architecture processes and control.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, CAPABILITIES, AND SKILLS

• Good understanding of architecture concepts and the SDLC
• Experience of Open Source management and Github practices
• Experience of implementing controls across complex technical environments
• Excellent communication skills and good presentation skills with the ability to relate and influence the junior and senior stakeholders
• Collaboration skills and the ability to work on lots of things at the same time (subject to a lot of interruptions), starting and finishing initiatives efficiently
• Ability to tackle architecture problems independently with little to no oversight
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect with flexibility and empathy

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS, CAPABILITIES, AND SKILLS

• A degree in a technology discipline or relevant work experience.
• Coding skills in any language (Python, Java), Risk and Controls experience, workflows and automation skills
• Formal training or certification on Technology skills
• Experience of Third Party management including SaaS and ASP solutions
• Experience of Public and Private Cloud platform management
• Experience of PyPI, npm and Maven publishing

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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.

• Combine major responsibilities across projects and initiatives which improve the Developer Experience and our Control obligations, working directly with Developers and Architects
• Review proposed Open Source Collaboration, in conjunction with our IP and Legal teams and ensure effective management of our Public Github portfolio
• Lead initiatives that include risk, audit, compliance, strategy, workflow and process improvements. The tasks involve leading working groups to discuss, solution and execute changes within the technology environment
• Run Enterprise Architecture meetings to address risk and controls obligations
• Provide feedback and propose improvements to our strategic architecture initiatives
• Actively contribute to the Commercial & Investment Bank and the firmwide architecture community