Application Manager

Bank of America; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Discretionary incentive eligible

Paid time off

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking an engineer to define the engineering approach within an end-to-end technology stack. The role contributes to multiple cross-functional teams and improves performance and delivery practices.

Responsibilities include engaging with COPs, designing infrastructure and application components, and aligning solutions with product strategy while following enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with risk management and IT controls a plus.
• Ability to work across product, engineering and risk teams.

Responsibilities

• Participates in solution discussions and designs architectural components.
• Ensures designs align with product strategy and enterprise standards.
• Collaborates with development and infrastructure teams to deliver performance capabilities.
• Maintains documentation and supports audits and risk assessments.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Collaboration

Innovative Thinking

Solution Delivery

Process Design Architecture

Automation

Technical Strategy Development

Adaptability

DevOps Practices

Production Support

Job description

Job Description: At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.

Join us! Job Description: This job is responsible for defining the engineering approach within an end-to-end technology stack. This job will align to a technical domain but acts as contributor to multiple cross functional teams.

Key responsibilities include engaging in development and production environments to identify and improve performance/capacity issues and creating and ensuring system design technology solutions comply with enterprise standards. Job expectations include providing and contributing to improvements in solution design, testing, and delivery practices.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in solution-driven discussions, such as various Communities of Practice (COPs), contributes to the design of large or highly complex architectural designs, and finds creative solutions through their knowledge of the domain and operational constraints
• Produces detailed designs of infrastructure and application architecture components
• Ensures that execution aligns with product strategy by working with product management, product owners, and other stakeholders, contributing to the technology strategy for their technical domain
• Collaborates with Development and Infrastructure teams to understand technical solutions and provide the performance capabilities required in the application across the technology stack put forward by Solution Engineer Lead Mentors and guides more junior Engineers ensuring system design technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards

Required Qualifications:

• Application Management through maintenance of AppHq.
• Working with the product managers to ensure AIT is accurately maintained in AppHq RISE deliverables managed and closed effectively and on time
• GIS Continuous Monitoring tools reporting and tracking of patching and security requirements associated with the AIT.
• Impact assessment and analysis of GIS Continuous monitoring metrics that may result in consequence for the AIT Documentation coordination and management for the AIT which may be required to support approvals and tollgates.
• Document creation will be the responsibility of the Product Management and Engineering teams.
• Co-ordination of audit and reg assessments associated with the AITs.
• Working with Risk Managers and the Technical Risk Officers where specific actions are identified with the AIT’s Support development of any related Policies, Standards and Baselines related to the AITs
• Creation of Exception Requests (GIS ERP) and Risk Cases (RISE SIAI) required to support risk process in relation to the AITs.
• Ownership of risks and mitigation plans for specific AITs
• Weekly report and escalation of AIT’s metrics for RISE and GIS CM.
• Good understanding of the bank's Application Management policies, standards, processes, and systems
• Good understanding of Risk frameworks
• Excellent action management and prioritization to ensure deadlines are not missed
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as technical, process and reporting skills
• Strong analytical skills and use of tools (excel) to report and track vulnerabilities and impact
• Process definition, creation and optimization based on AIT requirements

Desired Qualifications:

• Nice to have IT security principles and requirements with good understanding of, and measuring possible threats and vulnerabilities.
• Identifying options for mitigation and controls (technology and processes) to reduce or remove risks
• Up to date with the latest bank policies, standards and security baselines
• Working knowledge of IT risks and ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel to explain and enforce controls to manage and mitigate identified risks

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Innovative Thinking
• Solution Delivery
• Process Solution Design Architecture Automation
• Influence Risk Management Technical Strategy Development Adaptability Application Development Business Acumen DevOps Practices Production Support

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours Per Week: 40 Pay Transparency details US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540)

Pay range $100,100.00 - $153,700.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.

Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone.

We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference.

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