JPMorgan Chase
Principal Infrastructure Engineer - Employee Platforms
$195K–$260K
Columbus, OH +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- Columbus, OH
Jersey City, NJ - Experience
- 15+ years of applied infrastructure technology experience; 7+ years in principal engineering or senior leadership roles.
- Education
- Formal training or certification in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline; advanced degree is a plus.
About the job
Owns the multi-year hardware strategy and governance for virtual desktop infrastructure and related data center services, guiding investment decisions and cross-functional delivery.
What you'll do
- Define hardware strategy, investment roadmaps, and standards for infrastructure services.
- Build business cases and lead hardware decisions using cost-value analysis and market, vendor, architecture, and lifecycle assessments.
- Coordinate lifecycle governance across engineering, operations, facilities, procurement, cybersecurity, and risk; report capacity, cost, reliability, and control KPIs.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline.
- 15+ years of applied infrastructure technology experience and 7+ years in principal engineering or senior leadership roles.
- Ownership of enterprise data center hardware strategy, including high-value decisions, measurable business impact, and lifecycle risk management.
- Expertise in storage architecture, data center networking, rack-level efficiency, and financially rigorous business cases in regulated environments.
Nice to have
- Experience in financial services or similarly regulated sectors; end-user compute or virtual desktop infrastructure partnerships.
- Hardware governance, telemetry-driven capacity planning, or an advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
Pay
USD 194,750.00-$260,000.00 base salary
Tools
virtual desktop infrastructure, storage, networking, rack design
AI focus
Experienced in leveraging AI in different aspects of the role to accelerate outcomes.
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