– Senior Software and Network Automation Engineer

Bank of America; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 102,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial institution as a Senior Network Developer focusing on delivering complex network solutions. You will leverage a strong foundation in software development and automation, engaging with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency. This role offers numerous opportunities for professional growth and substantial impact on organizational success.

Benefits

Industry-leading benefits

Access to paid time off

Discretionary incentive eligible

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience as a Senior Network Developer or similar role.
• Extensive experience with network automation tools and practices.
• Strong proficiency in Python programming and network protocols.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver software solutions for network management.
• Automate tasks using Python and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead code reviews and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Application Development

Automation

Collaboration

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Jira

Confluence

Linux OS (RHEL, CentOS)

Python

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 is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

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 developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.

Responsibilities:

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained
• Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack
• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• Automates manual release activities
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)

Key Responsibilities

• Software Development:
  • Lead the development of software solutions for network management and network automation.
  • Ensure high quality well written, clean, efficient, and well-documented code within team.
  • Assist team with debug and troubleshooting of software issues.
  • Develop microservices, APIs, IaC service templates that define the services that we provide to our customers.
• Systems Administration:
  • Manage and maintain Linux servers and systems.
  • Lead team regards routine system monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
  • Ensure system security and compliance in line with BOA best practices.
  • Effectively use Jira and Confluence to manage and document work.

• Automation and Scripting:
  • Automate repetitive tasks and workflows using Python and shell scripts within virtual environment.
  • Develop and maintain NetDevOps CI/CD pipelines for deployment automation using a GitOps model.
  • Deploy code to our development, QA, Staging and Production servers using our continuous integration and deployment pipeline platform.
  • Test new services are functioning as expected using our testing framework, and add new test cases to the test suite to continuously improve our quality assurance bar.
  • Develop and implement network automation strategies for network configuration, monitoring, and management.
  • Design and maintain scripts and tools to automate network tasks and workflows.
  • Implement and manage network orchestration tools to streamline operations in conjunction with BOA foundational automation team.
• Leadership and Collaboration:
  • Lead code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
  • Collaborate with NetDevOps engineers to streamline operation and process.
  • Participate where required in on team on call rotation to support application users.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to understand network requirements and translate them into technical solutions that can be explained to management and team.
  • Participate in software and network architectural discussions and decision-making processes related to network and automation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including network engineers, NetDevOps engineers, and software developers and network deployment engineers.

Required Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

• Experience:
  • Proven experience as a Senior Network Developer or in a similar senior-level network engineering role (7+ years).
  • Extensive experience with network automation tools and practices.
  • Strong background in designing and implementing enterprise-level solutions.
• Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency in network protocols, services, and standards (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, VLANs, VRF’s).
  • Very strong proficiency in Python programming and Linux OS. (RHEL, CentOS, etc.).
  • Experience with network automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Itential, NetBox (Nautobot)).
  • Familiarity with software-defined controller based networking (SDN) (Arista CVP, Cisco ACI) as well as IaC models.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Ansible and Terraform).
• Soft Skills:
  • Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
  • Attention to detail and commitment to quality.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
  • Leadership capabilities and a proactive attitude.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced certifications in Networking (e.g. ACE, CCIE, JNCIE)
• Knowledge of database systems (CRUD operations, NetBox ).
• Arista ACE Level 5+ or Cisco DevNet S/P/E

Skills:

• Application Development
• Automation
• Influence
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Architecture
• Business Acumen
• DevOps Practices
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Data Management
• Risk Management
• Test Engineering

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101) Pay and benefits information Pay range $102,900.00 - $180,000.00 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.