Senior Architect

Bank of America; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America seeks a DMZ Architect to define the architectural vision for DMZ, SASE and Cloud designs across lines of business. The role focuses on designing resilient, scalable network services and ensuring security compliance.

You will lead design reviews, guide multi-vendor deployments, and align with the enterprise architecture roadmap while collaborating with Global Information Security and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technology industry experience.
• Experience integrating solutions with Cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google, IBM).
• Strong understanding of network security architecture and traffic segmentation.
• Knowledge of public cloud networking (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Solid routing and switching experience with Arista, Cisco Nexus, Firepower/ASA, Fortinet; DMZ/ISP experience.
• Deep TCP/IP, SDN, OSPF, BGP, VLAN, IPSEC, PKI, QoS, Multicast concepts.
• Experience using DDoS mitigation tools (Arbor, Prolexic/Akamai, F5/Silverline).
• Experience with Arista and Cisco routing/switching platforms (ISR, ASR, Catalyst, Nexus).
• Experience with large-scale DMZ environments and authentication mechanisms (AD, Ping Federate).
• Scripting experience.

Responsibilities

• Create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions.
• Contribute to architecture roadmaps across domains (Business, Application, Data, Technology).
• Clarify architecture, assist with system design, and provide solution options.
• Lead design discussions and shape architectures to be modular and adaptable.
• Educate teams on technology practices and standardization.
• Support technology stack selection and product choices.
• Perform design and code reviews to meet non-functional requirements.
• Contribute to technology domain roadmaps and best practices.
• Lead rapid high-level architecture shaping with evolving requirements.
• Support Principal Engineer in stack selection.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Architecture

Result Orientation

Solution Design

Technical Strategy Development

Application Development

Tools

Arista

Cisco Nexus

Firepower/ASA

Fortinet

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.

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.

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!

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.

DMZ Architect

Technical DMZ network architect responsible for DMZ network project designs with focus on SASE and Cloud designs. Also provide DMZ/Remote Access/SDWAN/Hosting/B2B/VPN Infrastructure Architecture for various LOB and B2B customers across various DMZ Zones including creation of network level HLD and LLD designs and solution delivery.

Assess design submissions for security compliance against baselines. Shepard requestors through technical challenges until designs are complete. Act in a liaison role between Global Information Security and as an escalation point for engineering / operations.

Self-starter who can lead projects. Must be able to troubleshoot multivendor solutions in lab or POC environments. Manage assigned networking projects, program components and deployments to deliver services in accordance with established company objectives. Maintain a thorough understanding of Network Infrastructure, IPv4/v6, IP Routing, DNS, Security, HTTP(S), VPN, and Network Monitoring tools.

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)
• Contribute to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined technology domains in support of the product roadmap
• Contribute to the development of best practices including standardized templates
• Work across business and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for large complex solutions and evolve it based on an emerging requirements
• Lead rapid shaping of a high-level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements; ensure architecture is flexible, modular, and designed to adapt easily
• Support the Principal Engineer as needed to select the technology stack required for solutions and help select preferred technology products

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years industry experience with technology domain experience
• Experience integrating solutions with Cloud provider environments such as MS Azure, AWS, Google, IBM
• Strong understanding of network security architecture and traffic segmentation
• Working knowledge of public cloud networking concepts within GCP, AWS, and Azure environments
• Must have solid routing, switching, Arista, Cisco Nexus, Firepower/ASA, Fortinet router and DMZ/ISP experience
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP concepts, SDN, OSPF, BGP, VLAN, IPSEC, ISAKMP, PKI, QOS, Multicast, trunking/port-channeling, VRRP, FHRP protocols, enterprise level MPLS, VDC, flavors of VPC, SDN
• Ability to utilize DDoS tools like Arbor and Prolexic/Akamai & F5/Silverline for mitigations to include Application layer, TCP state table and Bandwidth DDoS threats
• Familiar with best practices to install and deploy various Arista & Cisco routing and switching platforms such as ISR, ASR, Catalyst and Nexus
• Experience with large scale, complex network/DMZ environments and Authentication mechanisms (e.g. Active Directory, Ping federate) Experience with scripting languages

Desired Qualifications

Experience integrating enterprise networks with:

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• AWS
• Microsoft Azure

Understanding of cloud connectivity services such as:

• Cloud Interconnect
• Direct Connect
• ExpressRoute

Desired Qualifications:(con't)

• Site-to-site VPN architectures
• Experience test tools including Quali Cloud Shell, and Viavi Tera VM
• General experience with security technologies, such as firewalls, intrusion detection, threat mitigation
• Exposure to EOS and IOS-XR routing
• IPv6 Knowledge/experience to support certification testing of IPv6 capabilities
• Experience with automation and development of automation scripts
• Python experience
• Experience with automation skills/tools such as: Arista CloudVision, Terraform, Ansible, Netconf, YANG

Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Architecture
• Result Orientation
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Application Development???

Shift

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week

40