Jamie Banas

Systems & Application Infrastructure Engineer

New Castle, DE  |  j.banas@lightbored.net  |  302-615-1989  |  LinkedIn

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Profile

System Engineer and Application Infrastructure Support Specialist with more than 30 years of experience in sizing, configuring, and implementing network infrastructure, servers, desktop clients, and remote clients. Outstanding troubleshooting and technical problem-solving skills supporting both internal and external customers. Quick to adapt to new technologies and introduce them effectively into an organization.

Certifications

Skills & Abilities

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Desktop & Server, Red Hat Linux 6/7/9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3–7, Ubuntu, AIX 6/7, OpenBSD, Oracle Linux, VMware ESXi

Programming / Scripting

C#, C++, C, Java, COBOL, VB, Bash, Batch, VBScript, Terraform

Software & Platforms

PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, Apache, IIS, Nagios, TOAD

Hardware

HP/Compaq & Dell servers, SANs, Sun Enterprise systems, Fibre Channel, network switches & firewalls, AS/400, KVMs

Experience

JPMorgan Chase

Apr 2012 – Jun 2026  |  14 years across infrastructure, application development, and team leadership

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Jun 2025 – Jun 2026

Moved to the CCB iCTO Engineering team to assist with AWS Cloud enablement, supporting application teams through their cloud journey and assisting the CCB Environment as Code (EaC) team with platform support.

  • Migrated issue intake process from Jira Service Desk to ServiceNow
  • Managed Enterprise Service Desk service request queue and on-call coverage (12x7) for US and India teams
  • Identified, created, and implemented service request automation rules
  • Designed and implemented Jira Kanban process improvements using AI / Jira MCP
  • Assisted application teams using Copilot to bridge gaps between platforms

Infrastructure Engineer Nov 2022 – Jun 2025

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

  • Managed application infrastructure budgets for 100+ CCB Home Lending applications
  • Wrote Terraform code to build on-premise infrastructure for applications
  • Built configuration blueprints and trained teams on Terraform-based self-service infrastructure
  • Drove performance troubleshooting and database platform improvements for Mortgage Express

Software Engineer 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 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, toward a DevOps / CI model
  • Acted as Design Authority for Home Equity business
  • Resolved critical production issues and audited security compliance

Applications Support Manager 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; SSL/TLS protocol and cipher SME, drove 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

Education

Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL — Associate in Science, Computer Programming (Honors)