Technical Architect

Cloud And AWS Architecture Strategy LeadAt 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.Bank of America is undertaking a strategic, regulated online presence for one of our digital platforms. This role will lead the cloud and AWS architecture strategy for this initiative. It is a senior position focused on building a compliant, scalable, and cost-effective cloud foundation that supports both immediate regulatory needs and the long-term future of our digital platform. This is not solely a migration role—it is a strategic transformation opportunity requiring strong architectural leadership in a highly regulated environment.Responsibilities:Consults with the business and operations to identify and understand challenges and opportunities to improve the use and effectiveness of technology, find creative solutions through knowledge of the domain, practical experiments, and Proof of Concepts, and aligns the solution intent and architectural vision to an evolving backlog of technology changeWorks with product management and other stakeholders to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway to enable business epics/featuresPerforms design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)Leads rapid shaping of a high level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements and ensures architecture is flexible, modular, and designed to adapt easilyCloud Strategy & Architecture LeadershipDefine and execute cloud and platform architecture strategy aligned with business objectives and enterprise technology standards for a digital platformProvide architectural oversight to ensure platform initiatives (on?prem and cloud) support scalability, resiliency, reliability, and long?term evolution.Establish and evolve a secure, compliant, and scalable platform foundation.Define and govern integration patterns across enterprise platforms and domains.Apply appropriate tools, frameworks, and best practices to support platform stability, performance, monitoring, and operational excellence.Regulatory, Security & ComplianceProvide architectural insight in compliance with regulatory, data residency, and security requirements for CashPro platform.Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Information Security teams to ensure adherence to control standards and audit readiness.Support internal and external reviews related to application architecture and controls.Team & Capability DevelopmentEducates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutionsClarifies the architecture and assists with system design for the development teams to support implementation and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impedimentsUtilizes the defined best practices, templates, and documentation to create architectural designs and suggests improvements to best practices and templatesRequired Qualifications:Proven experience designing and leading enterprise?scale cloud architectures, with deep hands?on expertise in AWS services including networking, identity and access management (like Ping Identity), Content delivery network (like Akamai), security, monitoring, and resiliency frameworks and products.Strong background delivering technology solutions in highly regulated financial services environments, with demonstrated understanding of regulatory controls, audit readiness, and risk managementExperience architecting platforms that meet data residency, encryption, and access control requirements, particularly in markets with local regulatory mandatesDemonstrated leadership in driving cloud adoption as a transformation, aligning architecture decisions to business outcomes rather than executing point migrationsProven ability to partner effectively with Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Infrastructure teams.Well versed with Infrastructure and network domains and able to offer solutions for applications resiliency and availability.Experience guiding and mentoring engineers and architects, setting technical direction, and raising overall cloud maturityStrong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex architectural concepts to both technical and senior business stakeholdersExperience managing architecture dependencies across distributed systems and integrating cloud platforms with existing enterprise applicationsDesired Qualifications:AWS Professional?level certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security Specialty)Experience working with global, multi?region platforms and cross?border application integrationsFamiliarity with DevSecOps practices, automation, and infrastructure?as?code frameworksExposure to working with vendor products and vendors like Akamai, Ping Identity, Glassbox etcExposure to AWS analytics, automation, and AI/ML services to enable innovation within regulated environmentsExperience managing vendor relationships, influencing roadmaps, and negotiating technical and commercial termsPrior experience contributing to or leading architecture governance forums or design review boardsSkills:Analytical ThinkingArchitectureResult OrientationSolution DesignTechnical Strategy DevelopmentShift:1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:40Pay Transparency detailsUS - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540)Pay and benefits informationPay range$105,600.00 - $165,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.Discretionary incentive eligibleThis 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.BenefitsThis 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.