Senior Architect Cloud & SaaS

Bank of America

Chandler (AZ)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Bank of America seeks a Senior Architect – Cloud & SaaS to lead the network security architecture for cloud platforms and SaaS consumption, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise workloads. You will define secure patterns, guide architecture roadmaps, and collaborate with security, engineering, and product teams.

The role emphasizes zero-trust access, multi-tenant SaaS governance, and reusable policy frameworks while mentoring engineers in secure delivery and modern design practices.

Qualifications

Minimum of a 4-year degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
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.
Proven experience in regulated environments (financial services, banking, insurance, healthcare, or similar).
Track record of influencing architecture decisions across multiple lines of business or platforms.
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).
Identity and Access Management (IAM, RBAC, federation, SSO).
Proven ability to act as a technical authority and advisor for senior engineering leaders and executives.

Responsibilities

Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision.
Prioritizes functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog.
Contributes to the architecture roadmap across defined domains: Business, Application, Data, Technology.
Clarifies architecture, assists with system design to support implementation, and offers design options.
Facilitates solution discussions, leads complex architecture design, and ensures modular, adaptable patterns.
Educates teams on best practices to create innovative secure solutions.
Supports selecting technology stacks and preferred products for solutions.
Drives secure design patterns and reference architectures across cloud and SaaS environments.
Standardizes architectures for secure cloud and SaaS enablement, including access and workload protection.

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

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

ARM

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

OpenShift

ECS/AKS/GKE

VPC/VNet design

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.

Job Description

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. Join us!

Job Description

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.

Position Summary

This role leads 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

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
The Senior Architect – Cloud & SaaS defines secure design patterns and reference architectures across Public and Private Hybrid environments and multi-tenant SaaS services.
The role drives 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.
Design authority across programs including application migration, platform modernization and SaaS onboarding. Reusable frameworks for policy enforcement, observability, and risk management
Partners with global information security, cloud engineering, application teams and product stakeholders to align designs with strategy.
Provides thought leadership, influences product direction, and ensures adoption of approved patterns.
Acts as mentor to engineering and security teams, embedding “secure by design” principles across delivery

Required Qualifications

Minimum of a 4-year degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
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
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
Must have hands on experience Identity and Access Management (IAM, RBAC, federation, SSO)
Proven ability to act as a technical authority and advisor for senior engineering leaders and executives