Lead Software Engineer- DevOps- JPM Personal Investing

Behind every investment is a person with ambitions, motivations and values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to J.P. Morgan Personal Investing for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing, and the trust that 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage brings. J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 275,000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals.

As a DevOps Engineer in the Cloud Infrastructure team, you will be responsible for looking after the heart of what makes JPM Invest the company it is. Operating within the Platform function alongside Security, Architecture and Developer Experience teams, you'll be heavily involved with all our technical infrastructure, from designing, through build and the ongoing operation of a platform running in Kubernetes on AWS.

Job responsibilities:

• Build and maintain a Kubernetes on AWS platform used by 150+ engineers
• Advocate good practices and principles throughout the engineering function
• Standardise deployment and usage of cloud resources to ease technology adoption and comply with security controls
• Work with stakeholders, such as security, to understand the requirements of the platform

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• 5+ years of professional experience
• Proven track record of building and managing continual automation / deployment / delivery environments
• Proficiency running infrastructure on cloud platforms, such as AWS and GCP, appreciation for their failure modes, and a good understanding of network concepts and fundamentals
• Expertise in managing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production
• Strong coding skills (Go/Python preferred)
• Excellent knowledge on observability tooling and best practices
• Experience working within or alongside engineering teams to deliver

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Systems and database experience, with an understanding of the challenges involved in designing and building distributed/microservice environments
• Knowledge or experience of scalable technologies such as Kafka
• A passion for learning new things and experimenting with new technologies

About Us: J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. 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.

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.