Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Optical Networking

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Plano, TX +1 · Corporate Sector

Lead Infrastructure Engineer focused on optical networking, utilizing enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to assist in infrastructure analysis, design documentation, and automation routines. The role involves driving optical transport network workstreams, coordinating projects, providing escalation support, and maintaining infrastructure.

What you'd actually do

  1. Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate infrastructure analysis and design documentation, validating outputs and handling operational data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
  2. Applies reuse-first, AI-assisted practices within delivery and automation routines to identify recurring issues and validate remediation options, ensuring changes are traceable/auditable and aligned to resiliency and security expectations.
  3. Drive the optical transport network workstream by designing, deploying, operating, and configuring transport services (DWDM, ROADM, 400G OTN), including monitoring and troubleshooting performance (alarms/PMs).
  4. Coordinate projects to deliver installs, turn-ups, migrations, and decommissions while owning change execution and documentation in accordance with change control policies.
  5. Provide L3/L4 escalation support and participate in an on-call rotation for production incidents, lead major-incident RCAs, and drive preventative actions.”

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification on infrastructure engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • 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.
  • Knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as data centers, racks, and patch panels , DC power
  • Deep knowledge across optical transport technologies and platforms, including ROADM, ILA, coherent optics, Waveservers, Ciena 6500, and OTN.
  • Proven ability to lead/own network infrastructure projects end-to-end, including acceptance testing and operational handoff
  • Automation experience (e.g., Python) and working with APIs/data formats
  • Deep knowledge of optics standards, wavelength planning and optical test/turn-up methods (e.g., OTDR, BERT).
  • Strong communication and documentation skills; comfortable with change, incident processes and on-call rotation.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on troubleshooting across optical Layer 1 and IP Layer 3 (as applicable).
  • Deep understanding of fiber characteristics, optics/modules, DWDM, OTN, and optical AMPs.
  • CCNA (or equivalent) with good knowledge of routing/switching fundamentals.

What the JD emphasized

  • 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.