Senior Architect Cloud & SaaS

Bank of America; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Senior Architect for Cloud & SaaS to lead network security architecture and ensure secure utilization of cloud services. This role requires 10+ years in IT with 7+ in architecture and 5+ in cloud architecture.

The successful candidate will develop secure architectures, drive zero trust models, and collaborate across teams to influence product direction. This position offers a flexible work schedule and opportunities for innovation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, with 7+ years in architecture or senior engineering roles.
• 5+ years of hands-on cloud architecture experience in at least one major public cloud platform.
• Experience designing large-scale, highly available and secure systems supporting mission-critical workloads.
• Proven experience working in regulated environments (financial services, banking, insurance, healthcare).

Responsibilities

• Lead the network security architecture for cloud platforms and SaaS consumption.
• Create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions.
• Clarify architecture, assist with system design, and provide solution options.
• Facilitate solution-driven discussions, lead design of complex architectures.

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

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

OpenShift

IAM

Job description

Senior Architect – Cloud & SaaS

Lead the network security architecture for cloud platforms and SaaS consumption, ensuring that enterprise workloads can adopt modern delivery models without compromising on security, user experience or operational integrity.

Responsibilities

• Work across 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 support the technology roadmap.
• Contribute to the creation of the architecture roadmap for defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and develop best practices, including standardized templates.
• Clarify the architecture, assist with system design to support implementation, and provide solution options to resolve any architectural impediments.
• Facilitate solution‑driven discussions, lead the design of complex architectures, and find creative solutions through domain knowledge, practical experiments and proof of concepts, while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular and adaptable.
• Educate team members on technology practices, standardization strategies and best practices to create innovative solutions.
• Support the team in selecting the technology stack required for solutions and help select preferred technology products.
• Define secure design patterns and reference architectures across Public and Private Hybrid environments and multi‑tenant SaaS services.
• Drive zero trust‑aligned access architectures and ensure cloud services are consumed securely, efficiently and consistently.
• Standardize architectures for secure cloud and SaaS enablement, security patterns for access, identity, workload protection, and cloud‑native controls.
• Provide design authority across programs including application migration, platform modernization and SaaS onboarding.
• Develop reusable frameworks for policy enforcement, observability and risk management.
• Partner with global information security, cloud engineering, application teams and product stakeholders to align designs with strategy.
• Provide thought leadership, influence product direction and ensure adoption of approved patterns.
• Act as mentor to engineering and security teams, embedding “secure by design” principles across delivery.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, with 7+ years in architecture or senior engineering roles designing enterprise‑scale systems.
• 5+ years of hands‑on cloud architecture experience in at least one major public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).
• Demonstrated experience designing large‑scale, highly available, secure and resilient platforms supporting mission‑critical workloads.
• Proven experience working in regulated environments (financial services, banking, insurance, healthcare, or similar).
• Track record of influencing architecture decisions across multiple lines of business or platforms.
• Experience with SaaS platform integration, including vendor evaluation, onboarding and lifecycle management.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation).
• Container platforms and orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift, ECS/AKS/GKE).
• Cloud networking (VPC/VNet design, segmentation, routing, private connectivity).
• Experience defining reference architectures, design patterns and guardrails for cloud and SaaS consumption.
• Hands‑on experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM, RBAC, federation, SSO).
• Proven ability to act as a technical authority and advisor for senior engineering leaders and executives.

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