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About this Senior Architect role at Bank of America

Bank of America · Onsite · Plano

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 role is responsible for defining an architectural vision and architecture for large, complex solutions that align with enterprise architecture strategy, technology, and platform choices across Business, Application, Data, and Technology domains. The position evaluates system impacts, defines solution intent and operating environments, supports end-to-end solution design, establishes non-functional requirements, and ensures solutions are fit for purpose through collaboration with stakeholders, vendors, and service providers.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to architecture roadmaps across Business, Application, Data, and Technology domains in support of product roadmaps.
  • Develop and promote architecture best practices and standardized templates.
  • Partner across business and technology teams to create solution intent and architectural vision for large, complex initiatives.
  • Evolve architecture designs based on emerging business requirements and backlog priorities.
  • Lead development of high-level architectures that are flexible, modular, and adaptable.
  • Support strategic technology decisions and architecture governance.

 

Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of experience in solution, application, data, or enterprise architecture.
  • Experience designing and delivering large-scale, complex technology solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks, design patterns, and system integration.
  • Experience defining target-state architectures, roadmaps, and technology strategies.
  • Expertise in security, scalability, performance, reliability, and other non-functional requirements.
  • Experience leading architecture reviews, design reviews, and proof-of-concepts (POCs).
  • Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Experience working within Agile and/or hybrid delivery environments.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

 

Desired Qualifications:

  • Financial services or banking industry experience.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud).
  • Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and release automation practices.
  • Experience with enterprise architecture governance and standards.
  • Expertise in API, microservices, event-driven, and distributed architectures.
  • Knowledge of data management, metadata, and modern data platforms.
  • Architecture certification (TOGAF, Azure, AWS, or equivalent).
  • Experience mentoring architects and engineering teams.
  • Strong understanding of technology risk, compliance, and controls.
  • Experience driving technology modernization and transformation initiatives.

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

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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.
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How this Architect salary compares

This role pays $172,750/yrin line with the typical range for Architect roles.

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