Senior Cloud Platform Engineer — DNA ARC (AWS Migration)

Bank of America; New York (NY); On-site; USD 157,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America seeks a Principal Engineer to define and lead the engineering approach for cloud-scale solutions, focusing on the DNA ARC Cloud platform and regulatory reporting systems. You will guide architecture, drive modernization efforts, and establish best practices for scalable, compliant cloud delivery.

The role emphasizes collaboration with senior stakeholders, strong Terraform/IaC expertise, and a deep background in AWS cloud-native architectures within a regulated financial

Qualifications

• Lead large-scale cloud transformation and modernization initiatives from concept through production deployment.
• Partner with senior business, technology, architecture, security, and infrastructure leaders to define strategy, priorities, and delivery roadmaps.
• Drive end-to-end program execution, managing scope, risks, dependencies, budgets, and stakeholder communications.
• Build and lead high-performing engineering and delivery teams across multiple technology domains.
• Establish cloud architecture patterns, engineering standards, and operational best practices.
• Ensure solutions meet security, resiliency, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive adoption of automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, observability, and cloud operating models.
• Mentor engineering managers, architects, and senior engineers.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS preferred).
• Cloud security, networking, and identity management concepts.
• Deep expertise in AWS services and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develops the engineering approach for the entire program/portfolio solution and works with Architecture to deliver technical enablers.
• Leads the planning, definition, and design of complex features spanning multiple teams and explores solution alternatives.
• Creates ideas on designing complex technology and solution development approaches.
• Leads the technical oversight for teams in solution development including design reviews and code within own domain.
• Defines the technology tool stack for the solution within internally approved technologies.
• Explores state-of-the-art technologies to improve development efficiencies, quality of test/QA coverage, and release management.
• Leads end-to-end test strategy, creation, and adherence, and the integration between teams for a program/portfolio solution.
• Drives AWS cloud migration, modernization, and cloud-native architecture initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership for architecture, engineering, and platform strategy.
• Manage delivery execution, risks, dependencies, and program outcomes.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to meet regulatory and strategic objectives.
• Implement cloud engineering best practices, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.

Skills

Automation

Influence

Result Orientation

Stakeholder Management

Technical Strategy Development

Application Development

Architecture

Business Acumen

Risk Management

Solution Design

Agile Practices

Analytical Thinking

Collaboration

Data Management

Solution Delivery Process

Education

Bachelor degree or Equivalent Professional Experience

Tools

Terraform

Infrastructure-as-Code

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Bank of America seeks a Principal Engineer to define and lead the engineering approach for cloud-scale solutions, focusing on the DNA ARC Cloud platform and regulatory reporting systems. You will guide architecture, drive modernization efforts, and establish best practices for scalable, compliant cloud delivery.

The role emphasizes collaboration with senior stakeholders, strong Terraform/IaC expertise, and a deep background in AWS cloud-native architectures within a regulated financial