Architect Charlotte, North Carolina **To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.** Acknowledge Refer a friend **To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.** Acknowledge (https://ghr.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Lateral-US/job/Charlotte/Architect\_25030740) **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 an architectural vision and solution aligned to the enterprise architecture strategy, technology, and platform choices. Key responsibilities include describing the solution intent/associated operating environment, evaluating system impacts, determining the primary systems/sub-systems and their interfaces, and assisting with end-to-end solution design. Job expectations include defining non-functional requirements/architectural runway to support new epics/features and ensuring solutions are fit for purpose by working with stakeholders and service providers. **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 change + Works with product management and other stakeholders to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway to enable business epics/features + Performs 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 easily + Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions + Clarifies the architecture and assists with system design for the development teams to support implementation and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments + Utilizes the defined best practices, templates, and documentation to create architectural designs and suggests improvements to best practices and templates **Required Qualifications:** + Collaborate with enterprise and infrastructure architects to embed threat intelligence into architectural decisions. + Evaluate emerging cyber threats and translate their implications into architectural recommendations to improve framework resilience. + Provide technical leadership in designing secure architectures for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. + Partner with risk management, security operations, and business stakeholders to align threat intelligence findings with enterprise security priorities. + Support decision-making around security investment by evaluating threats, vulnerabilities, and their potential impact on key business assets. + Develop roadmaps that balance threat landscape realities with organizational risk tolerance and business objectives. + Proficiency with version control systems like Git /Bitbucket and hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to lead complex technical discussions and make critical decisions. + Advanced proficiency in Angular framework for building responsive and dynamic front-end applications + Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent work experience. **Desired Qualifications:** + Proven experience (7+ years) in enterprise IT architecture, or related technology leadership roles. + Strong knowledge of practices and their operational applications within enterprise IT environments. + Deep understanding of IT infrastructure domains (cloud, networking, identity, endpoint, etc.) and how they are impacted by cyber threats. + Familiarity with industry-standard tools and platforms (e.g., MISP, ThreatConnect, Recorded Future, Splunk, etc.). + Hands-on experience with integrating data into security operations tools like SIEM, SOAR, and XDR platforms. + Strong development experience in full-stack development using Angular, Spring and modern web/mobile technologies. + Experience with microservices architecture. + Ability to analyze complex threat scenarios and translate them into technical design considerations and business risks. + Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, capable of influencing technical and non-technical audiences. + Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. **Shift:** 1st shift (United States of America) **Hours Per Week:** 40 Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates. To view the "Know your Rights" poster, CLICK HERE (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) . View the LA County Fair Chance Ordinance (https://dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf) . Bank of America aims to create a workplace free from the dangers and resulting consequences of illegal and illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Our Drug-Free Workplace and Alcohol Policy (“Policy”) establishes requirements to prevent the presence or use of illegal or illicit drugs or unauthorized alcohol on Bank of America premises and to provide a safe work environment. To view Bank of America’s Drug-free Workplace and Alcohol Policy, CLICK HERE . 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