Senior Architect

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.

- Deliver high-quality architecture solutions for complex, multi‑generational programs spanning multiple business domains.

- Partner across GCMT teams to ensure alignment, visibility, and execution of architecture deliverables, strategies, and initiatives.

- Define and enforce enterprise architecture principles and standards, aligned to industry best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic architectural direction and support across Global Capital Markets Technology & Global Corporate & Investment Banking Technology.

• Collaborate with enterprise horizontals (GBCT Architecture, DMTEA, GIS, APSE, CTI) to ensure consistency and alignment of horizontals across the GCMT organization.

• Collaborate with enterprise architects to ensure consistency and alignment across the GCMT organization.

• Help define and shape the GCMT architecture strategy and roadmap for the next 3–5 years.

• Develop and maintain target application architectures, blueprints, and strategic roadmaps aligned to enterprise objectives.

• Drive adoption, reuse, integration, and convergence of horizontal technology capabilities across GCMT applications.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and determine best-fit solutions for the enterprise.

• Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services

• 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

• 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:

Desired Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.

• Experience across Global Banking /Global Markets domains, including data analytics, reporting, and insights, as well as traditional AI/ML and Generative AI.

• Experience with cloud‑native architectures and container-based platforms.

• Hands-on software design and development experience using modern programming languages.

• Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and container automation practices.

• Strong capability in architecture evaluation and decision-making, leveraging Alternative Architecture Analysis (AAA), proofs of concept (POCs), vendor evaluations, and other structured methods.

• Experience working in Agile SDLC environments, with a focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement.

• Self-driven and innovative mindset, with a focus on delivering high-quality, measurable outcomes.

• Ability to navigate and lead through challenging situations, consistently turning them into positive outcomes

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 - Pennington - 1500 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 5 (NJ2150)

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.