Senior Architect
Pennington, New Jersey
**Job Description:**
We are looking for a passionate, experienced hands-on cloud architect and key technical team member to the group. This role is for you, if you have:
- Architected large Cloud migration or deployment solutions
- Deep understanding of one of the public cloud providers: AWS, Azure or GCP
- Designed, developed and deployed applications to cloud
- Collaborated effectively with product managers, dev leads and developers
- Familiarity with most and expert at a few of modern architectural concepts like Event driven, Domain driven design, Microservices, Batch, NoSQL & Resiliency.
**The Team:**
The Cloud Development and Enablement (CDE) team at Bank of America is responsible for building industry leading cloud development platforms for on-prem, hybrid and multi clouds. The team is also responsible for building scalable, flexible and modern application and infrastructure pipelines, cloud application architectures and enabling cloud journey through migration and modernization practices.
You will be part of a cloud focused team leading ongoing transformation of existing application as well as architecting applications towards cloud (both internal and external). You will be a trusted partner with LOB architects, developers as well as our partners from Platforms, security, operations and enterprise architecture.
**Responsibilities:**
**As a Sr Cloud Architect:**
Be able to provide technical direction and lead a group of architects or cloud engineers in building solutions and applications for the cloud
Evangelize development of reusable assets to accelerate cloud adoption
Lead the selection of a migration approach to migrate workloads to cloud or architecting a Greenfield development and/or production platform for new applications
Provide guidance on engineering methodologies, CICD pipelines and cloud best practices
Provide hands on expertise on architecting Cloud native applications
Be responsible for designing and standardizing technical architecture for cloud migration. Define the structure of a system, its interfaces, and the principles that guide its organization, software design and implementation.
Develop standardized transformation tools & accelerators, Future Roadmap, Point of View/ Though leadership, Maturity Models, Assessments, Reference
Architecture, Technology Evaluation Criteria/ Comparison framework
Perform Pilots for migration of workloads on IAAS/ PAAS
Conceptualize and build Business Cases Templates that provide ROI/ TCO
Identify, communicate and mitigate risks, assumptions, issues and decisions in the journey of modernization
Compare various architecture options based on feasibility and impact & propose actionable plans
Work with vendors to identify solutions for business problems
**As a hands-on contributor:**
Create Infrastructure solutions using Linux/Unix/Windows & recommended storage architectures
Own a module, solution or an entire solution
Be willing to code using programming language like Java or .NET, Infrastructure automation tools like Terraform or YAML, JSON.
Advise and assist Line of Business Tech teams in migrating workloads on Cloud
Write technical blogs, participate in internal forums
Develop awareness on emerging technologies, their potential application for service offerings and product development
**Required Skills:**
3+ years of relevant cloud experience
5+ years of relevant application or solution development experience
Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit and various security controls
Working Knowledge of Azure/AWS Active Directory, Application Gateway Automation, AD Domain Services, Container Services, DevOps, Backup Batch, CDN, DNS, Express Route, Key Vault, Load Balancer, Log Analytics, Multi Factor Authentication, Remote Apps, Scheduler, Site Recovery Manager, Virtual Machine Scale Sets on Azure
Knowledge of Azure PAAS and functions
Experience in Coding, Application Development and Scripting
Experience in Terraform/ ARM
Experience in Container technologies like Open Shift /Kubernetes/ Docker
Expertise in Azure or AWS cloud with an Architect certification in either Azure or AWS
Good Team Player
**Desired Skills:**
- Expertise with multiple IaC tools like Cloud Formation, ARM template
- Experience in monitoring frameworks for Cloud systems Experience with Policy as Code tools and enforcement in pipeline
- Experience with CI/CD open source and vendor frameworks Experience with support models and configuration management systems like Ansible
- Experience in the financial industry is a plus
- Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science or similar
**General Description:**
Responsible for defining an architectural vision and architecture for large complex solutions, which aligns with the enterprise architecture strategy, technology and platform choices. Describes the solution intent and the associated operating environment, determining the primary systems/subsystems and their interfaces, defining non-functional requirements and architectural runway to support new epics/features and expand into new opportunities. Ensures the solution is fit for purpose and use by working with stakeholders, vendors/service providers, and evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions. Contributes to best practices, standard templates, and the architecture roadmap for defined domains. Contributes in the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data and Technology) in support of the product roadmap. Contributes to the development of best practices including standardized templates. Works across business and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for large complex solutions and evolves it based on an emerging backlog. Leads rapid shaping of a high level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements; ensures architecture is flexible and modular and designed to adapt easily. Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through practical experiments and POCs. Works with Product Manager/Owner to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway to enable business epics/features and expand into new opportunities. Clarifies the architecture for the development teams to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments. Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (e.g. security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability). Supports the Principal Engineer as needed to select the technology stack needed for solutions, and helps select preferred technology products. Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies and best practices to create innovative solutions. Individual Contributor.
**Job Band:**
H4
**Shift:**
1st shift (United States of America)
**Hours Per Week:**
40
**Weekly Schedule:**
**Referral Bonus Amount:**
0
**Job Description:**
We are looking for a passionate, experienced hands-on cloud architect and key technical team member to the group. This role is for you, if you have:
- Architected large Cloud migration or deployment solutions
- Deep understanding of one of the public cloud providers: AWS, Azure or GCP
- Designed, developed and deployed applications to cloud
- Collaborated effectively with product managers, dev leads and developers
- Familiarity with most and expert at a few of modern architectural concepts like Event driven, Domain driven design, Microservices, Batch, NoSQL & Resiliency.
**The Team:**
The Cloud Development and Enablement (CDE) team at Bank of America is responsible for building industry leading cloud development platforms for on-prem, hybrid and multi clouds. The team is also responsible for building scalable, flexible and modern application and infrastructure pipelines, cloud application architectures and enabling cloud journey through migration and modernization practices.
You will be part of a cloud focused team leading ongoing transformation of existing application as well as architecting applications towards cloud (both internal and external). You will be a trusted partner with LOB architects, developers as well as our partners from Platforms, security, operations and enterprise architecture.
**Responsibilities:**
**As a Sr Cloud Architect:**
Be able to provide technical direction and lead a group of architects or cloud engineers in building solutions and applications for the cloud
Evangelize development of reusable assets to accelerate cloud adoption
Lead the selection of a migration approach to migrate workloads to cloud or architecting a Greenfield development and/or production platform for new applications
Provide guidance on engineering methodologies, CICD pipelines and cloud best practices
Provide hands on expertise on architecting Cloud native applications
Be responsible for designing and standardizing technical architecture for cloud migration. Define the structure of a system, its interfaces, and the principles that guide its organization, software design and implementation.
Develop standardized transformation tools & accelerators, Future Roadmap, Point of View/ Though leadership, Maturity Models, Assessments, Reference
Architecture, Technology Evaluation Criteria/ Comparison framework
Perform Pilots for migration of workloads on IAAS/ PAAS
Conceptualize and build Business Cases Templates that provide ROI/ TCO
Identify, communicate and mitigate risks, assumptions, issues and decisions in the journey of modernization
Compare various architecture options based on feasibility and impact & propose actionable plans
Work with vendors to identify solutions for business problems
**As a hands-on contributor:**
Create Infrastructure solutions using Linux/Unix/Windows & recommended storage architectures
Own a module, solution or an entire solution
Be willing to code using programming language like Java or .NET, Infrastructure automation tools like Terraform or YAML, JSON.
Advise and assist Line of Business Tech teams in migrating workloads on Cloud
Write technical blogs, participate in internal forums
Develop awareness on emerging technologies, their potential application for service offerings and product development
**Required Skills:**
3+ years of relevant cloud experience
5+ years of relevant application or solution development experience
Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit and various security controls
Working Knowledge of Azure/AWS Active Directory, Application Gateway Automation, AD Domain Services, Container Services, DevOps, Backup Batch, CDN, DNS, Express Route, Key Vault, Load Balancer, Log Analytics, Multi Factor Authentication, Remote Apps, Scheduler, Site Recovery Manager, Virtual Machine Scale Sets on Azure
Knowledge of Azure PAAS and functions
Experience in Coding, Application Development and Scripting
Experience in Terraform/ ARM
Experience in Container technologies like Open Shift /Kubernetes/ Docker
Expertise in Azure or AWS cloud with an Architect certification in either Azure or AWS
Good Team Player
**Desired Skills:**
- Expertise with multiple IaC tools like Cloud Formation, ARM template
- Experience in monitoring frameworks for Cloud systems Experience with Policy as Code tools and enforcement in pipeline
- Experience with CI/CD open source and vendor frameworks Experience with support models and configuration management systems like Ansible
- Experience in the financial industry is a plus
- Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science or similar
**General Description:**
Responsible for defining an architectural vision and architecture for large complex solutions, which aligns with the enterprise architecture strategy, technology and platform choices. Describes the solution intent and the associated operating environment, determining the primary systems/subsystems and their interfaces, defining non-functional requirements and architectural runway to support new epics/features and expand into new opportunities. Ensures the solution is fit for purpose and use by working with stakeholders, vendors/service providers, and evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions. Contributes to best practices, standard templates, and the architecture roadmap for defined domains. Contributes in the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data and Technology) in support of the product roadmap. Contributes to the development of best practices including standardized templates. Works across business and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for large complex solutions and evolves it based on an emerging backlog. Leads rapid shaping of a high level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements; ensures architecture is flexible and modular and designed to adapt easily. Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through practical experiments and POCs. Works with Product Manager/Owner to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway to enable business epics/features and expand into new opportunities. Clarifies the architecture for the development teams to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments. Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (e.g. security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability). Supports the Principal Engineer as needed to select the technology stack needed for solutions, and helps select preferred technology products. Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies and best practices to create innovative solutions. Individual Contributor.
**Shift:**
1st shift (United States of America)
**Hours Per Week:**
40
Learn more about this role
Full time
JR-22064458
Band: H4
Manages People: No
Travel: No
Manager:
Talent Acquisition Contact:
Sonai Chatterjee
Referral Bonus:
0
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