JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Houston, Texas, United States

Financial Services · 10,001+ employees

12 h ago
sre Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Lead Site Reliability Engineer will champion reliability culture, lead initiatives to improve application stability, and serve as the primary contact during major incidents. They will also mentor other engineers and drive the adoption of AI-assisted reliability workflows across the software development lifecycle.

What they look for

Site reliability engineering Python Java Spring boot .Net Observability CI/CD Container orchestration System architecture Incident management Automation Data-driven analytics Networking Resiliency design Troubleshooting AI-assisted workflows

Requirements

Candidates must have 5+ years of applied experience in site reliability engineering and proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, or .Net. Strong knowledge of observability, CI/CD practices, and enterprise system architecture is required.

Benefits

Health care coverage Retirement savings plan Backup childcare Tuition reimbursement Mental health support Financial coaching Incentive compensation

Full description

Assume a critical role in defining the future of a globally recognized firm and have a direct and significant effect in a realm tailored for top achievers in site reliability.

As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) Management and Support Functions Digital & Platform Services team, you hold a leadership role in your team, demonstrate strong knowledge across multiple technical domains, and advise others on the technical and business issues facing them.

Job responsibilities

  • Consistently models and champions site reliability culture and practices, documents and shares knowledge within your organization via internal forums and communities of practice
  • Leads initiatives to improve the reliability and stability of your team’s applications and platforms using data-driven analytics to improve service levels, proactively identifying and solving technology-related bottlenecks in areas of expertise
  • Drives collaboration with your team to identify comprehensive service level indicators and the stakeholder partners to establish reasonable service level objectives and error budgets with your customers
  • Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate major-incident triage, troubleshooting, and post-incident analysis, validating outputs and handling operational data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
  • Serves as the main point of contact during major incidents for your application and has the skills to identify and solve the issue quickly to avoid financial loss to the business
  • Offers a high level of technical expertise within one or more technical domains and provides advice and mentorship to other engineers
  • Leads reuse-first adoption of AI-assisted reliability workflows across SDLC/toolchain practices (e.g., CI/CD quality checks, test/validation automation, and operational readiness), ensuring traceability/auditability, resiliency, and security controls.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification on site reliability engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience ( NAMR/APAC – India/ LATAM/ Hong Kong)
  • Demonstrated proficiency in reliability, scalability, performance, security, enterprise system architecture, toil reduction, and other site reliability best practices
  • Fluent in at least one programming language such as: Python, Java/Spring Boot, .Net
  • Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to improve SRE workflows (e.g., incident investigation support and knowledge capture) with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
  • Ability to evaluate AI-assisted operational recommendations for correctness and risk, define appropriate guardrails for team usage, and ensure outcomes align to resiliency and security expectations.
  • Proficient knowledge and experience in observability such as white and black box monitoring, service level objective alerting, and telemetry collection
  • Proficient with continuous integration and continuous delivery practices and tooling

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Proficient with container and container orchestration
  • Experience with troubleshooting common networking technologies and issues
  • Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with emerging depth in one or more technical disciplines, and actively self-educates to evaluate and recommend suitable new technologies

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

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

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