Jamie Banas

Infrastructure Engineer

JPMorgan Chase  |  Nov 2022 – Present

Manage application infrastructure budgets and automation for CCB Home Lending technology, including data center migration automation for Mortgage Processing Express and Mortgage Application Express.

• Manage application infrastructure budgets for 100+ CCB Home Lending applications
• Write Terraform code to build on-premise infrastructure for applications
• Build configuration blueprints for infrastructure provisioning automation
• Train teams on budgeting tools and Terraform-based self-service infrastructure
• Drive performance troubleshooting and database platform improvements for Mortgage Express

Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase  |  Dec 2018 – Nov 2022

Led the Home Lending Technology SRE team managing tech refresh for MXComm, Mortgage Processing Express, and Mortgage Application Express; subsequently managed the US DBA team for HLT.

• Led a team of 8 direct reports through each application's tech refresh
• Redesigned application infrastructure to better meet scale and complexity
• Drove automation of Progress OpenEdge installation to an AaaS platform
• Led Progress OpenEdge DBAs across 3 US offices

Application Development Lead

JPMorgan Chase  |  Jul 2017 – Nov 2018

Led a development team of 10, driving application development and design for the Home Equity platform.

• Transitioned the team from waterfall to Agile development methodology
• Drove the platform toward a DevOps and Continuous Integration model
• Acted as Design Authority for Home Equity business
• Resolved critical production issues and audited security compliance

Applications Support Manager

JPMorgan Chase  |  Apr 2012 – Jun 2017

• Managed up to 12 direct reports; load balancing SME for mortgage originations platform
• Reduced breached tickets by 80% across the team
• Managed 1,500+ SSL certificate inventory, including renewals and implementation
• SSL/TLS protocol and cipher SME; drove protocol and cipher uplift projects
• Created and executed disaster recovery plans across multiple sites

Infrastructure Specialist

Dell Federal Government Services  |  Nov 2009 – Apr 2012

• Supported intranet IIS web servers receiving 1,000,000+ hits/month
• Implemented and maintained a VMware ESXi environment of 5 hosts / 30 VMs
• DBA for SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 across 120+ databases

Infrastructure Specialist

Perot Systems Government Services  |  Oct 2007 – Nov 2009

• Developed and rolled out desktop encryption technology
• Managed a client intranet of 200+ individual sites
• Migrated databases from SQL Server 2000 to 2005

Infrastructure Specialist

Electronic Data Systems  |  Sep 2005 – Sep 2007

• Implemented SharePoint Portal Server and a firmwide discussion board solution
• Designed an ASP-based inventory site used by 800+ users
• DBA for SQL Server 2000/2005

Systems Administrator

Daleen Technologies, B.V.  |  Feb 2001 – Apr 2002  |  Schiphol-Rijk, Amsterdam

• Supported EMEA sales team with application demonstration laptop builds
• Managed network infrastructure and server hardware for the office