Principal Architect- Identity, Data Modeling & Platform API

Step into the role of a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase and become a driving force behind the development and adoption of cutting-edge, cloud-based technologies.

As a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within the Core Infrastructure Platforms Architecture team you provide expertise to enhance and develop architecture platforms based on modern cloud-based technologies, as well as support the adoption of strategic global solutions.

Leverage your advanced architecture capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes.

You will design the data and API foundations that connect identity, authority, ownership, and permission to workload deployment on IaaS platforms and hypervisors.

This is a senior individual contributor role, focused on rigorous data modeling, software and API design, and identity architectures in a large, regulated financial environment.

You will define canonical models and service contracts, ensure designs meet regulatory and control requirements, and partner closely with platform, engineering, and development teams.

Job responsibilities



* Defines and owns canonical data models capturing identity, authority, ownership, and permissions across compute, storage, and network resources; model relationships among people, services, applications, and infrastructure assets.


* Designs and evolves APIs and service contracts for entitlements and workload onboarding to IaaS and hypervisor platforms; establish versioning, compatibility, lifecycle, and governance for these interfaces.


* Architects identity-aware provisioning flows and guardrails: integrate with directory and identity systems (e.g., Kerberos, Active Directory), enforce RBAC/ABAC, separation of duties, least privilege, and auditable change.


* Establishes and maintains data structures used for technology governance (e.g., product catalogs, inventories/CMDB, configuration attributes, organizational hierarchies) with clear sources of truth, lineage, and stewardship.


* Embeds compliance and controls into designs: evidence and traceability for regulatory obligations on identity, access management, and operational risk; align with firm policies and applicable regulations.


* Partners with platform teams (hypervisors, IaaS, Kubernetes) and application developers to ensure secure, operable, and scalable workload deployment patterns; produce reference architectures, patterns, and reusable templates.


* Defines policies and policy-as-code approaches for identity, authorization, configuration, and change; integrate controls into CI/CD and provisioning pipelines.


* Drives data quality and observability for governance datasets: schemas, validations, metadata, golden records, reconciliation, and reporting.


* Conducts architecture/design reviews; document decisions, risks, exceptions/waivers, and remediation plans; present in governance forums.


* Promotes effective ways of working: help o...