Architect - Platform Strategy - Migration and Modernization

Bank of America; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 105,600 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary incentive eligible

Industry-leading benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Technology Architect to define architectural solutions in Pennington, NJ. The role emphasizes driving scalability, cloud migration, and application modernization, all while fostering collaboration across teams.

Key responsibilities include consulting on technology improvements, leading design reviews, and supporting standards adoption. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in solution design and demonstrate strong analytical skills. A competitive pay range from $105,600 to $165,000 annually and excellent benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technology architecture and solution design.
• Strong logical design skills with proven relationship management.
• Experience driving standards adoption in projects.

Responsibilities

• Consults with business to understand challenges and technology improvements.
• Works with management to prioritize technology focused backlog items.
• Conducts design and code reviews to ensure non-functional requirements.
• Leads architecture shaping based on business requirements.
• Educates team members on best practices in technology.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Architecture

Result Orientation

Solution Design

Technical Strategy Development

Application Development

Collaboration

Data Management

DevOps Practices

Risk Management

Agile Practices

Automation

Influence

Solution Delivery Process

Test Engineering

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 is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

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 an 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.

Responsible for supporting architectural vision, with various focus in Scalability, Cloud Migration, Application Modernization and domain-driven design.

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
• 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

Required Qualifications

• 8+ yrs experience
• Strong logical design skills
• Good relationship management and influence skills
• Experience driving standards adoption.

Desired Qualifications

• Background in .NET and/or Java
• Experience with container development in OpenShift, Bitbucket, Jenkins
• Familiarity with agile environment.

Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Architecture
• Result Orientation
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Application Development
• Collaboration
• Data Management
• DevOps Practices
• Risk Management
• Agile Practices
• Automation
• Influence
• Solution Delivery Process
• Test Engineering

Shift

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Pennington - 1500 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 5 (NJ2150)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$105,600.00 - $165,000.00 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.