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 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.

The Regulated Messaging Automation Architect will support the Enterprise Communications Intake, Retention, and Monitoring (ECIRM) program by designing and implementing scalable solutions for electronic communications compliance, data retention, operational monitoring, and automation. The role will partner with product, architecture, engineering, automation, operations, and compliance teams to modernize regulatory communication platforms and improve onboarding, observability, reporting, and control capabilities across the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

• Design architecture solutions supporting electronic communications intake, retention, monitoring, and compliance requirements.
• Develop reusable onboarding patterns, integration standards, and automation frameworks for enterprise applications.
• Design and implement monitoring, alerting, reporting, and operational visibility solutions for messaging platforms and data pipelines.
• Create reconciliation and data quality control frameworks to validate completeness and integrity of regulatory communication records.
• Define and implement operational dashboards and reporting capabilities for engineering, operations, and compliance stakeholders.
• Support development of self-service portals and automation tools to reduce manual operational effort.
• Partner with application teams to onboard new communication platforms and data sources into the regulatory ecosystem.
• Produce architecture artifacts, solution designs, technical specifications, and implementation guidance.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to incorporate secure-by-design principles and enterprise security standards.
• Participate in architecture reviews and provide technical leadership throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure architecture designs are successfully implemented and operationalized.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve scalability, reliability, auditability, and operational efficiency.
• 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
• 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)

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or platform engineering.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale distributed systems.
• Experience building automation frameworks and operational tooling.
• Strong knowledge of API-based integrations and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience designing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern software development practices.
• Strong understanding of resiliency, reliability, scalability, and security principles.
• Experience producing architecture documentation, technical designs, and implementation standards.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technology, compliance, and business organizations.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience within financial services, compliance, or regulated technology environments.
• Experience supporting electronic communications compliance, records management, retention, supervision, surveillance, or eDiscovery platforms.
• Experience with messaging and collaboration technologies such as Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, SMS, and other communication platforms.
• Experience designing operational dashboards and reporting solutions.
• Experience implementing data quality controls and reconciliation frameworks.
• Familiarity with governance, risk, audit, and regulatory compliance processes.
• Experience leading technical workstreams and coordinating across multiple delivery teams.
• Experience with workflow automation and low-code platforms.
  

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

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 525 Washington Blvd (NJ2525), US - NJ - Pennington - 1300 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 3 (NJ2130)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$140,500.00 - $205,000.00 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.