Lead Infrastructure Engineer- Network Connectivity Services

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Seattle, WA +1 · Corporate Sector

Lead Infrastructure Engineer for Network Connectivity Services at JPMorgan Chase, responsible for designing, building, and optimizing infrastructure platforms. This role involves overseeing service delivery for connectivity projects in the Americas, collaborating with stakeholders, managing telecom providers, and ensuring solutions meet business demands. The engineer will also leverage enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to enhance infrastructure analysis and automation, while mentoring junior engineers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and implement scalable, resilient infrastructure architectures that support business-critical applications and services.
  2. Oversee service delivery for all connectivity projects across the Americas, ensuring solutions are implemented on time, within budget and to defined quality standards
  3. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical infrastructure solutions.
  4. Coordinate with telecom service providers, vendors, and internal engineering teams throughout the delivery lifecycle – from design to acceptance testing and handover to operations.
  5. Track project progress, identify risks and implement mitigation plans to ensure seamless delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification on infrastructure engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
  • Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including compute, storage, and networking services.
  • Proven experience in project or service delivery management is required.
  • Deep knowledge of networking and telecommunications technologies (Layers 0-3), including dark fiber, DWDM, Ethernet, IP-VPN, DIA, broadband, cellular and satellite connectivity.
  • Experience working with telecom service providers and managed service providers, including contract and SLA oversight.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build trust across business and technical domains.
  • Solid organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent project across geographies.
  • Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support infrastructure engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
  • Ability to review and validate AI-assisted recommendations before implementation, escalating when uncertain and ensuring outcomes align to resiliency, security, and auditability expectations.
  • infrastructure recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and ensuring outcomes align to resiliency, security, and auditability expectations.

Nice to have

  • Experience within a global financial services or regulated enterprise environment is preferred.
  • Experience using Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence) for workflow, documentation and reporting.
  • Familiarity with cloud connectivity and hybrid architectures.
  • Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator).
  • Data analytical skills – ability to interrogate, model and visualise large datasets to identify trends, cost drivers, or delivery risks.
  • Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries.

What the JD emphasized

  • proven experience in project or service delivery management is required
  • Deep knowledge of networking and telecommunications technologies (Layers 0-3)
  • Experience working with telecom service providers and managed service providers, including contract and SLA oversight.
  • Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support infrastructure engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
  • Ability to review and validate AI-assisted recommendations before implementation, escalating when uncertain and ensuring outcomes align to resiliency, security, and auditability expectations.