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 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.

• 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.

• 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 infrastructure. For example, AWS, Azure, GCP 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 alongside Dev Ops engineering.

• 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.

JPMorgan Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of…