Senior Architect

Bank Of America; Plano (AL); On-site; USD 141,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America seeks a senior architecture leader to drive horizontal architecture strategies across Global Technology. Define enterprise-wide direction, decision frameworks, and reusable patterns in AI, data, cloud, and integration, ensuring scalable, secure solutions aligned across lines of business.

Lead AI and data architecture for LLMs, vector databases, and enterprise agents; shape target operating environment and non-functional requirements; influence stakeholders and guide modernization

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise architecture or large-scale solution design.
• Experience across AI, data, cloud, and integration domains.
• Strong knowledge of AI/ML (LLMs, RAG, vector DBs, agent patterns).
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and modern architectures.

Responsibilities

• Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services.
• Contributes to the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices including standardized templates.
• Clarifies the architecture, assists with system design to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve architectural impediments.
• Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions while ensuring architecture is flexible and adaptable.
• Educates team members on technology practices and best practices to create innovative solutions.

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

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Azure

Snowflake

Databricks

Kafka

API Gateways

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.

Job Description:

This role serves as a senior architecture leader responsible for shaping and driving horizontal architecture strategies across Global Technology. It defines enterprise-wide architecture direction, decision frameworks, and reusable patterns spanning AI, data, cloud, and integration, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned across platforms and lines of business. By partnering closely with CIO architecture, engineering, and risk teams, the role translates complex technology landscapes into clear, actionable guidance that enables consistent and high-quality solution design at scale.

As the bank accelerates AI adoption and platform modernization across Consumer, Wealth, Business Banking, and Markets, this role plays a critical part in ensuring technology investments deliver measurable business value. It enables faster time to market, improves developer and operational efficiency, and strengthens risk and control outcomes by driving consistency, reuse, and alignment. Ultimately, this role ensures that innovation across AI, data, and platforms is executed in a coordinated, scalable, and governed manner — supporting differentiated client experiences and long-term enterprise agility.

This job is responsible for defining an architectural vision and solution that supports the strategic outcomes of the Business' Products and Services. Key responsibilities include defining the target operating environment, designing for client resiliency, assisting with solution design, and defining non-functional requirements. Job expectations include working with stakeholders and service providers aligned to the Business' strategic objectives, evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions, and contributing to the architecture roadmap.

Responsibilities:

• Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services
• Contributes to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices including standardized templates
• Clarifies the architecture, assists with system design to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments
• Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through knowledge of domain, practical experiments, and proof of concepts while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular, and adaptable
• Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions
• Supports the team as needed to select the technology stack required for solutions and helps select preferred technology products
• Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)
• Define and govern enterprise architecture strategy, standards, and decision frameworks across AI, data, cloud, and integration domains.
• Drive consistency through reusable patterns, reference architectures, best practices, and governance processes.
• Ensure solutions align with security, data protection, compliance, and enterprise control requirements.
• Lead AI and data architecture for LLMs, RAG, vector databases, enterprise agents, knowledge retrieval, and workflow automation.
• Establish integration patterns across APIs, events, MCP, gateways, and platform orchestration capabilities.
• Embed secure-by-design principles, including identity management, data flow controls, and resilient architecture practices.
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs across scalability, resilience, security, performance, cost, and business value.
• Guide cloud, hybrid, and on-prem modernization strategies, including platform selection, workload placement, simplification, and standardization.
• Influence and align architecture decisions across CIO organizations, translating complex concepts into clear executive and engineering communications.
• Provide leadership by driving cross-organizational alignment, promoting architectural rigor and reuse, mentoring architects, and connecting technology decisions to business outcomes and risk reduction

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise architecture or large-scale solution design
• Experience across AI, data, cloud, and integration domains
• Strong knowledge of AI/ML (LLMs, RAG, vector DBs, agent patterns)
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and modern architectures
• Familiarity with APIs, event-driven systems, and integration platforms (e.g., Kafka, API gateways)
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift)
• Exposure to data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks)
• Understanding of security controls (IAM, OAuth2, secrets management)
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, and IaC (Terraform/Helm)
• Proven ability to drive decisions and influence senior stakeholders in regulated environments
• Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complexity and drive alignment

Desired Qualifications

• Experience leading AI/GenAI architecture and agent-based systems
• Familiarity with Microsoft AI ecosystem (Copilot Studio, Azure AI)
• Knowledge of MCP, AI gateways, and multi-platform orchestration
• Experience with AWS AI services (Bedrock, SageMaker)
• Experience in hybrid cloud environments and enterprise modernization

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
$140,500.00 - $205,000.00 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.