Architect - Platform Strategy - Migration and Modernization

Bank of America; Rapid City (SD); On-site; USD 105,600 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Annual discretionary incentives

Job summary

Bank of America is hiring for an architectural vision position focused on defining solutions aligned with enterprise architecture strategy. Responsibilities include consulting with the business, ensuring architectural flexibility, and educating team members.

A successful candidate should have strong logical design skills, 8+ years of experience, and knowledge of .NET or Java. The role comes with comprehensive benefits, a pay range of $105,600 to $165,000, and the opportunity for annual discretionary incentives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience required.
• Strong logical design skills essential.
• Good relationship management and influence skills necessary.
• Experience driving standards adoption preferred.

Responsibilities

• Consult with business to identify challenges and opportunities.
• Work with product management to plan technology backlog items.
• Perform design and code reviews for non-functional requirements.
• Lead rapid shaping of high-level architecture.
• Educate team on technology practices and strategies.
• Clarify architecture to support implementation.

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

Tools

.NET

Java

OpenShift

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Job description

Overview

Define architectural vision and solution aligned to enterprise architecture strategy, technology, and platform choices. Key responsibilities include describing solution intent and operating environment, evaluating system impacts, determining primary systems and interfaces, and assisting with end-to-end solution design. Job expectations include defining non‑functional requirements and architectural runway to support new epics/features and ensuring solutions are fit for purpose.

Responsibilities

• Consult 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 align the solution intent and architectural vision to an evolving backlog of technology change.
• Work with product management and other stakeholders to plan and prioritize technology‑focused backlog items for the architecture runway to enable business epics/features.
• Perform design and code reviews to ensure all non‑functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (e.g., security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability).
• Lead rapid shaping of a high‑level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements and ensure architecture is flexible, modular, and designed to adapt easily.
• Educate team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions.
• Clarify the architecture and assist with system design for the development teams to support implementation and provide solution options to resolve any architectural impediments.
• Utilize the defined best practices, templates, and documentation to create architectural designs and suggest improvements to best practices and templates.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years 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 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 they serve.