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 defining and leading the engineering approach for complex features to deliver significant business outcomes. Key responsibilities of the job include delivering complex features and technology, enabling development efficiencies, providing technical thought leadership based on conducting multiple software implementations, and applying both depth and breadth in a number of technical competencies. Additionally, this job is accountable for end-to-end solution design and delivery.

Position Summary:

Senior Lead DevSecOps Engineer provides senior technical leadership & hands‑on expertise in advancing DevSecOps and enterprise CI/CD capabilities that enable automated, secure, & reliable software delivery at scale. The role emphasizes developer experience & delivery metrics to improve productivity, efficiency, & engineering outcomes across a large, diverse application portfolio. It embeds security & compliance by design throughout the software delivery lifecycle, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards while enabling teams to move faster with confidence. The role also supports cloud‑native adoption & modernization, guiding application teams toward scalable, resilient implementations aligned with standards.

This is a high‑impact, senior technical leadership role with responsibility for driving ITGPST toward best‑in‑class DevSecOps and engineering practices while aligning with GT‑wide standards.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that the design and engineering approach for complex features are consistent with the larger portfolio solution
• Define the technology tool stack for the solution and evaluate and adapt new testing tool/framework/practices for team(s)
• Enables team(s)/applications with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) capabilities and engages with other technical stakeholders pertaining to efficient functioning of CI-CD pipeline
• Guides and influences team(s) on design and best practices for high code performance –e.g. pairing, code reviews
• Provides end-to-end delivery of complex features, including automation, for either a single team or multiple teams, at the program level
• Conducts research, design prototyping and other exploration activities such as evaluating new toolsets and components for release management, CI/CD, and features
• Works with stakeholders to establish high-level solution needs and with architects for technical requirements

Additional Responsibilities:

DevSecOps & Platform Leadership

• Lead ITGPST adoption & implementation of GT’s standard CI/CD toolset (Horizon), including source control, CI, CD, & related engineering practices
• Champion Agile & DevSecOps ways of working that enable teams to ship software faster, safer, & more reliably
• Drive increased automation across build, test, security scanning, & deployment pipelines

Developer Experience & Metrics

• Partner with EET & central Horizon teams to evaluate new capabilities, troubleshoot platform issues, & influence roadmap direction
• Define, track, & use delivery metrics (e.g., commit lead time, deployment frequency, people coding) to inform data‑driven decisions
• Lead ITGPST participation in the GT‑wide Developer Excellence program, including leadership of development tools working groups

Security & Compliance

• Drive “shift‑left” security by guiding development teams on early detection of vulnerabilities throughout the SDLC
• Assist teams with remediation strategies, dependency modernization, & replacement of end‑of‑life components
• Ensure alignment with GT technology standards, change management, & audit requirements

Cloud & Modernization

• Guide application teams in evaluating cloud readiness & migration suitability
• Provide hands‑on technical support for cloud‑native & container‑based implementations

People & Program Leadership

• Lead & influence multiple virtual teams across global ITGPST divisions
• Communicate effectively with senior leaders at divisional and GT levels

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of overall software engineering experience, including 5+ years in DevSecOps, CI/CD, or platform engineering roles.
• Experience supporting large, multi‑team engineering organizations and enterprise‑scale application portfolios.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows OS fundamentals, networking concepts, and infrastructure automation.
• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages used in automation and pipeline development.
• Hands‑on experience with Git‑based source control and branching strategies (Bitbucket, GitHub).
• CI experience with Jenkins (scripted or declarative) and/or GitHub Actions, plus common build tools (Maven, npm, MS Build, pip).
• Experience with CD and release orchestration tools (Ansible, XL Release, Harness or similar).
• Experience with containers and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure).
• Working knowledge of database automation and SQL for CI/CD and analysis/reporting.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑resolution skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to mentor, develop, and influence engineers while fostering a DevSecOps culture.
• Comfortable presenting to and partnering with senior technology leadership.

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑resolution skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to mentor, develop, and influence engineers while fostering a DevSecOps culture.
• Comfortable presenting to and partnering with senior technology leadership.

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

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

$122,000.00 - $200,000.00 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.