Bank of America Corporation

Technical Architect

Bank of America Corporation$120K — $150K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in designing enterprise-scale cloud architectures, specifically with AWS services.
  • Background in delivering solutions within highly regulated financial services, focusing on compliance and risk management.
  • Expertise in architecting platforms that meet data residency and encryption requirements, especially in regulated markets.
  • Proven leadership in driving cloud adoption aligned with business outcomes rather than just migrations.
  • Strong partnership skills with Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Infrastructure teams.
  • Ability to guide and mentor engineers and architects while setting technical direction for cloud initiatives.
  • Excellent communication skills for articulating complex concepts to technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Consult with business and operations to identify challenges and opportunities for technology improvement.
  • Plan and prioritize technology-focused backlog items for architecture runway that enable business epics/features.
  • Conduct design and code reviews to ensure compliance with non-functional requirements.
  • Lead the development of high-level architectural designs that can adapt to emerging business needs.
  • Define and execute a cloud architecture strategy aligned with business objectives and standards.
  • Provide oversight for platform initiatives, ensuring they support scalability and resilience.
  • Establish governance for integration patterns across enterprise platforms and ensure they meet compliance standards.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead a cloud and AWS architecture strategy for a major digital platform initiative.
  • Involvement in a strategic transformation role in a highly regulated environment, not just a migration task.
  • A platform for developing innovative solutions and working with cutting-edge technologies.
  • Access to continuous education and training opportunities for team capability development.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

This job is responsible for defining architectural vision and solution aligned to the enterprise architecture strategy, technology, and platform choices. Key responsibilities include describing the solution intent/associated operating environment, evaluating system impacts, determining the primary systems/sub-systems and their interfaces, and assisting with end-to-end solution design. Job expectations include defining non-functional requirements/architectural runway to support new epics/features and ensuring solutions are fit for purpose by working with stakeholders and service providers.

Responsibilities:
  • Consults with the business and operations to identify and understand challenges and opportunities to improve the use and effectiveness of technology, find creative solutions through knowledge of the domain, practical experiments, and Proof of Concepts, and aligns the solution intent and architectural vision to an evolving backlog of technology change
  • Works with product management and other stakeholders to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway to enable business epics/features
  • Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)
  • Leads rapid shaping of a high level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements and ensures architecture is flexible, modular, and designed to adapt easily


Cloud Strategy & Architecture Leadership
  • Define and execute cloud and platform architecture strategy aligned with business objectives and enterprise technology standards for a digital platform
  • Provide architectural oversight to ensure platform initiatives (on-prem and cloud) support scalability, resiliency, reliability, and long-term evolution.
  • Establish and evolve a secure, compliant, and scalable platform foundation.
  • Define and govern integration patterns across enterprise platforms and domains.
  • Apply appropriate tools, frameworks, and best practices to support platform stability, performance, monitoring, and operational excellence.


Regulatory, Security & Compliance
  • Provide architectural insight in compliance with regulatory, data residency, and security requirements for CashPro platform.
  • Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Information Security teams to ensure adherence to control standards and audit readiness.
  • Support internal and external reviews related to application architecture and controls.


Team & Capability Development
  • Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions
  • Clarifies the architecture and assists with system design for the development teams to support implementation and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments
  • Utilizes the defined best practices, templates, and documentation to create architectural designs and suggests improvements to best practices and templates


Position Summary
  • Bank of America is undertaking a strategic, regulated online presence for one of our digital platforms.
  • This role will lead the cloud and AWS architecture strategy for this initiative. It is a senior position focused on building a compliant, scalable, and cost-effective cloud foundation that supports both immediate regulatory needs and the long-term future of our digital platform.
  • This is not solely a migration role-it is a strategic transformation opportunity requiring strong architectural leadership in a highly regulated environment.


Required Qualifications:
  • Proven experience designing and leading enterprise-scale cloud architectures, with deep hands-on expertise in AWS services including networking, identity and access management (like Ping Identity), Content delivery network (like Akamai), security, monitoring, and resiliency frameworks and products.
  • Strong background delivering technology solutions in highly regulated financial services environments, with demonstrated understanding of regulatory controls, audit readiness, and risk management
  • Experience architecting platforms that meet data residency, encryption, and access control requirements, particularly in markets with local regulatory mandates
  • Demonstrated leadership in driving cloud adoption as a transformation, aligning architecture decisions to business outcomes rather than executing point migrations
  • Proven ability to partner effectively with Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Infrastructure teams.
  • Well versed with Infrastructure and network domains and able to offer solutions for applications resiliency and availability.
  • Experience guiding and mentoring engineers and architects, setting technical direction, and raising overall cloud maturity
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex architectural concepts to both technical and senior business stakeholders
  • Experience managing architecture dependencies across distributed systems and integrating cloud platforms with existing enterprise applications


Desired Qualifications:
  • AWS Professional-level certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security Specialty)
  • Experience working with global, multi-region platforms and cross-border application integrations
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, automation, and infrastructure-as-code frameworks
  • Exposure to working with vendor products and vendors like Akamai, Ping Identity, Glassbox etc
  • Exposure to AWS analytics, automation, and AI/ML services to enable innovation within regulated environments
  • Experience managing vendor relationships, influencing roadmaps, and negotiating technical and commercial terms
  • Prior experience contributing to or leading architecture governance forums or design review boards


Skills:
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Architecture
  • Result Orientation
  • Solution Design
  • Technical Strategy Development


Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

About Bank of America Corporation

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America. It provides services in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, lending, trading, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management. It was formed through the combination of the corporate and investment banking activities of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch following the acquisition of the latter by the former in January 2009. Bank of America completed the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co on 1 January 2009. Bank of America began rebranding all of its corporate and investment banking activities under the Bank of America Merrill Lynch name in September 2009. In April 2010, Bank of America Merrill Lynch appointed Christian Meissner as head of investment banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In April 2011, Bank of America Merrill Lynch integrated its corporate and investment banking operations into a single division. In October 2013, Bank of America Merrill Lynch was recognised as the Most Innovative Investment Bank of the Year in The Banker's Investment Banking Awards.

Bank of America Corporation Careers

Join the dynamic team at Bank of America Corporation, a premier global financial institution where innovation, leadership, and growth go hand in hand. As one of the largest banks in the world, we offer unparalleled job opportunities and a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and professional growth. Work You’ll Do At Bank of America Corporation, you’ll be part of a team that’s dedicated to making a real difference. Whether you’re helping families buy their first home, advising businesses on expansion, or developing cutting-edge financial technologies, your work will have an impact. Our commitment to leadership in the financial industry has never been stronger, and we need passionate, skilled professionals to lead our journey. Explore a World of Opportunities From entry-level positions to leadership roles, Bank of America Corporation offers a variety of career paths in areas such as investment banking, technology, marketing, and risk management. Our job opportunities span the globe, providing the chance to work alongside the best in the industry and develop skills that will propel your career forward. Internship Programs Kickstart your career with Bank of America Corporation’s internship programs. These opportunities provide hands-on experience and a chance to engage in meaningful work that complements your academic studies. Interns gain invaluable networking opportunities, receive mentorship from seasoned professionals, and learn about the culture and operations of a global financial leader. Benefits and Growth Bank of America Corporation is committed to the well-being and continuous professional development of our team members. We offer a competitive benefits package that supports the health, financial stability, and work-life balance of our employees. Our training programs and development initiatives ensure that every team member has the opportunity to grow and advance within the company. Inclusive Culture We believe our strength lies in our diversity. Bank of America Corporation fosters an inclusive environment where all employees can thrive. Through diversity training and a commitment to equal opportunities, we cultivate leadership and innovation that reflect the wide-ranging communities we serve. Join Our Team Are you ready to advance your career at a company that’s at the forefront of the financial industry? Explore the positions available at Bank of America Corporation and find where your skills and interests align with our needs. We are continuously hiring and looking for individuals who are curious, creative, and eager to drive change. Stay Connected Keep up to date with the latest from Bank of America Corporation Careers by subscribing to our job alert emails. Tailor your subscription to receive updates that match your career interests and get insider tips that can help you during your application and interview process. Bank of America Corporation is not just a company—it’s a place where you can shape your future and the future of finance. Join us and be part of a team that’s redefining what a bank can be.
Learn more about Bank of America Corporation
Size
208,000 employees
Market Cap
$260.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$17.8 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
-1.4%
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