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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr Principal Architect- HW Performance - **Company:** JPMorgan Chase & Co. - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Software Design Patterns, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Data Store, Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Network Virtualization, OpenShift, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Engineering, Virtual Machines, Virtualization Technology, AI Infrastructure, Data Processing, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Containerization, Kubernetes, Storage Technologies, SDN Network, Multiplatform, Vmware - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jpmc.fa.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/requisitions/preview/210782001 ## About the Role * A. Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience * Extensive experience leading infrastructure or platform architecture initiatives within large-scale technology organizations, including operating at Senior Principal Architect, Distinguished Engineer, or Chief Architect level. * Deep expertise in on-premises compute infrastructure, including bare-metal provisioning, hypervisor technologies such as VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V, and full virtual machine lifecycle management. * Practical experience delivering system design, platform engineering, application development, testing, and operational stability across complex infrastructure environments. * Production experience designing and operating Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar container platforms, including cluster lifecycle management, multi-tenancy, and workload orchestration at scale. * Deep understanding of datacenter networking technologies, including software-defined networking, network virtualization, and physical-to-logical network abstraction. * Expertise in infrastructure identity and security architecture, including hardware attestation, workload identity frameworks, and zero-trust architecture principles. * Demonstrated experience leading architecture governance forums, conducting design reviews, and translating regulatory and control requirements into architectural standards. * Demonstrated experience leading safe adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within architecture workflows, including validation practices, governance controls, and sensitive data handling., * Experience operating in multi-hypervisor or multi-platform environments supporting workloads across multiple virtualization technologies. * Familiarity with sovereign cloud, air-gapped environments, and architectures designed to meet data sovereignty and regional regulatory requirements. * Experience with storage architecture, including SAN, NAS, distributed storage, and enterprise resilience engineering practices. * Knowledge of disaster recovery, datacenter failover strategies, business continuity planning, and fault isolation design principles. ## Description As a Senior Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms, you provide specialized expertise to influence the target state architecture and strategy for the firm's on-premises compute ecosystem. Work across teams to implement and advance the adoption of strategic infrastructure solutions that support enterprise-scale compute platforms, architecture governance, and long-term technology modernization. You will partner closely with the Chief Architect to drive systems architecture across multiple technology domains, establish architectural standards, and influence technology direction across the organization., * Advises and leads architecture strategy across multiple technology domains within the firm's on-premises compute stack, including bare-metal provisioning, hypervisor platforms, virtual machine lifecycle management, container orchestration, software-defined networking, and infrastructure APIs. * Leads reuse-first adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within architecture workflows to accelerate architecture analysis, design evaluation, and strategic decision-making while maintaining appropriate governance and oversight. * Translates highly complex infrastructure, platform, and security architecture concepts into actionable recommendations for senior technology leadership to influence the firm's target state architecture. * Drives architectural direction for infrastructure identity, attestation, and zero-trust security models spanning hardware root-of-trust, workload identity, and secure platform services. * Leads architecture governance activities across a portfolio of critical applications, including design reviews, risk assessment, regulatory alignment, and technology control adherence. * Authors and maintains architecture decision records, reference architectures, standards, and design patterns that guide engineering teams and ensure consistency across domains. * Establishes architectural frameworks and infrastructure-as-code standards that serve as reference implementations for engineering teams across the organization. * Drives cross-organizational alignment with peer architecture groups, enterprise governance bodies, and infrastructure reference architecture teams to influence strategic outcomes without direct authority. * Leads architecture for sovereign and air-gapped deployment environments, addressing data sovereignty requirements, operational isolation, and regional regulatory obligations. * Contributes to the evolution of AI infrastructure architecture, including accelerator technologies such as GPUs, DPUs, and IPUs, and their integration within the broader compute platform. * Establishes portfolio-level guardrails for AI-assisted and agentic workflows used in architecture and engineering governance, including traceability, auditability, and control expectations aligned to resiliency and security standards. ## Related Videos - [WebAssembly: The Next Frontier of Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/972-webassembly-the-next-frontier-of-cloud-computing) - [This Is Not Your Father's .NET](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/967-this-is-not-your-father-s-net) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Generating code with Angular schematics](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/129-generating-code-with-angular-schematics) - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) - [From Zero to Hero: Launch & Manage Your Cloud Apps with Free OpenShift & Red Hat Developer Hub](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1023-from-zero-to-hero-launch-manage-your-cloud-apps-with-free-openshift-red-hat-developer-hub) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What Makes WeAreDevelopers World Congress Different From Every Other Tech Event?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/701-what-makes-wearedevelopers-world-congress-different-from-every-other-tech-event) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence)