Senior Lead Architect, Architecture Governance

JPMorgan Chase

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Location
Jersey City, NJ
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12 days ago
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services firm and one of the largest banks in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and consumer financial services.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead Architect, Architecture Governance

The Senior Lead Architect- Architecture Governance joins the Infrastructure Platforms - Data & Specialty Services team to develop high-quality architecture solutions for software applications, platforms, and technical products. This role involves executing and improving architecture governance processes, including RFCs, ADRs, and controls traceability, while partnering with engineers and product teams to ensure consistency and traceability of decisions. Key responsibilities include running governance forums, developing reusable patterns, and providing technical guidance on security, resiliency, and scalability. The position requires hands-on proficiency in at least one programming language, CI/CD tooling, AWS, and Terraform. Candidates must apply enterprise-authorized agentic AI capabilities to accelerate analysis. The work focuses on infrastructure architecture across cloud, compute, and network platforms, specifically addressing financial transaction processing, payments, and high-volume digital workflows.

What you'll do

  • Execute and improve architecture governance processes including RFCs, ADRs, and auditable decision records.
  • Plan and lead architecture governance forums, including agenda preparation, voting coordination, and action-item tracking.
  • Drive architecture decisions that balance delivery speed, resiliency, security, cost, and strategic alignment.
  • Develop architecture models, reusable patterns, and design guidance for platforms and technical products.
  • Apply enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate architecture analysis and engineering practices.
  • Provide technical architecture guidance to product, engineering, security, and risk teams.
  • Contribute to technical delivery by developing prototypes, automation, and infrastructure definitions.
  • Mentor technical colleagues and promote the reuse of architecture patterns and tooling.

What we're looking for

  • Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
  • Experience executing architecture governance processes including RFCs, ADRs, controls traceability, and auditable decision records.
  • Experience with enterprise, software, and infrastructure architecture across cloud, compute, network, platforms, and resiliency engineering.
  • Expertise in architecture modeling for platforms and technical products.
  • Experience making and documenting architecture decisions regarding trade-offs for availability, performance, security, cost, and maintainability.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code using Terraform.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language and practical experience with CI/CD tooling, automation, and software delivery.
  • Experience architecting mission-critical platforms for financial transactions, payments, or high-volume digital workflows (preferred).

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