Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud Database Administrator

Job Description

Assume a vital position as a key member of a high-performing team that delivers infrastructure and performance excellence. Your role will be instrumental in shaping the future at one of the world's largest and most influential companies.

As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology, you apply deep knowledge of software, applications, and technical processes within the infrastructure engineering discipline. Continue to evolve your technical and cross-functional knowledge outside of your aligned domain of expertise. We are seeking an experienced Cloud Database Administrator (DBA) with hands-on experience managing and optimizing large-scale database environments. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in a range of database services and their surrounding infrastructure.

Job responsibilities

• Understand firm's database infrastructure environment and technology modernization pathway. Work with application teams to help them migrate to the latest database products and versions on our private cloud or onto the public cloud. Once on these platforms you will use your expertise to help maximize the performance and resiliency of the application workloads.
• Applies technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to projects of moderate scope
• Drives a workstream or project consisting of one or more infrastructure engineering technologies
• Works with other platforms to architect and implement changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technology processes
• Strongly considers upstream/downstream data and systems or technical implications and advises on mitigation actions
• Monitor and optimize database performance, capacity, and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database issues, including query tuning, indexing, and deadlock resolution.
• Collaborate with developers to refine database schemas, optimize queries, and improve application performance.
• Ensure 24/7 availability and reliability for mission-critical systems through proactive monitoring and maintenance.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of database configurations, processes, and operational procedures.
• Support release deployments, maintenance windows, and database upgrades after hours and weekends as needed.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on infrastructure disciplines concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Deep knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments
• Deep knowledge of one specific infrastructure technology and scripting languages (e.g., Scripting, Python, etc.)
• Drives to continue to develop technical and cross-functional knowledge outside of the product
• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and multiple cloud technologies with the ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds
• Experience working on enterprise database technologies, both SQL and No SQL databases.
• Experience working with services on multi cloud Cloud infrastructure. For example, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform or OCI or Private Cloud.
• Experience migrating data across different database products.
• Experience working in a tier 1 financial services organization or similar industry.
• Experience in collaborating with application development teams to provide guidance on the best use of database services and infrastructure
• Experience working on alongside DevOps engineering

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Respect for people and opinions and the ability to confidently offer your point of view.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative and diverse environment.
• Optimism and adaptability when faced with challenges and complex situations, coupled with the drive to solve complex problems and continuously optimize processes.
• Dedication to continuous improvement and development of your skillset and talents

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.