Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States

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As a Senior Principal Architect - Automation at JPMorgan Chase on Global Technology’s Enterprise Architecture team, you will help shape, lead adoption, and operate the firm’s Automation domain. You will provide specialized expertise to influence the target state architecture and strategy of the domain, and work across teams to educate and build consensus to drive domain strategies. You will lead the Automation domain’s architecture review boards in evaluating, adjudicating, onboarding, and adopting technologies to be used by development teams to compose their business systems. You will advise, inform, and assist on decisions about the strategy, roadmaps, operationalization, and productization of those technologies that will be scaled and made available firmwide.

Responsibilities

• Advise and influence portfolio owners and operate architecture review boards on developing and maintaining Automation tools and platforms across a large enterprise, including selection, integration, and retirement; includes stakeholders of varying degrees of technical or business orientation
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Automation at JPMC, with special emphasis on delivering technology capabilities and managing sprawl in priority areas such as Robotic Process Automation and Workflow Automation
• Translates highly complex technical issues, trends, and approaches to leadership to drive the firm’s Automation technology strategy and enable leaders and technology requestors from solution teams to make strategic, well-informed decisions about target state offerings and solution architecture
• Develop and maintain a technology roadmap for automation components aligned with business objectives to advise on prioritization, selection, and retirement of automation technologies
• Design scalable, secure, and robust automation architectures that establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices
• Assess emerging automation technologies (RPA, AI/ML, workflow orchestration, etc.) and recommend tools and platforms based on fit, scalability, and ROI
• Influence portfolio owners and senior stakeholders on technology decisions by translating complex technical concepts into business value propositions
• Identify and mitigate risks related to automation (security, compliance, operational) and ensure solutions adhere to regulatory and internal policy requirements
• Oversee integration of automation components with existing systems to ensure interoperability across platforms and business units
• Promote adoption of innovative automation solutions and drive continuous improvement in automation processes and technology usage

 

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expertise in one or more programming language(s), applications, and architecture disciplines
• Demonstrated experience operating automations platforms and services spanning multiple systems and platforms
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems across various technical disciplines
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best technology solutions and approaches to achieve the future state architecture
• Proven track record in managing technology portfolios and influencing senior stakeholders

 

Preferred Qualifications, Skills, and Expertise

• TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, PMP, ITIL, or relevant automation technology certifications (e.g., UiPath, Blue Prism)
• Deep understanding of automation technologies (RPA, AI/ML, workflow engines, APIs)
• Expertise in cloud platforms, microservices, and integration patterns
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and risk management in automation
• Ability to manage organizational change related to technology adoption
• Ability to drive cultural and process transformation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences 

Provide specialized expertise across teams to influence the target state architecture and global architecture solutions