Senior Mainframe Storage Architect

Plano, Texas; Richmond, Virginia

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.

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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.

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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.

Responsibilities:

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
Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through knowledge of domain, practical experiments, and proof of concepts while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular, and adaptable
Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions
Supports the team as needed to select the technology stack required for solutions and helps select preferred technology products
Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)
Mainframe Storage Architect (Individual Contributor)
Duties to include collaborating with others, designing, developing, and setting strategy for mainframe storage architecture in a large, diverse, dynamic, and exciting storage environment. Responsibilities will span mainframe storage disk, engineering, and virtual tape.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

10 + Years experience leading and managing multiple competing and dynamic deliverables
10 + Years experience and skills to include:
- Storage Architecture
  - Encryption
  - Fiber protocols and configuration
  - FICON
  - HCD/IOCP
  - I/O Performance (DASD, Switches, Virtual Tape)
  - Refreshes/upgrades (inclusive of Brocade directors/switches, Hitachi DASD, and IBM Virtual Tape (TS7700s))
  - Storage Area Network (SAN) replication design and configuration
- Capacity (inclusive of network/switches)
- Cost benefit analysis/consolidation/reduction
- Design and Planning of Data Center Moves
  - Inclusive of data center role swaps (prod to contingency/disaster recovery and back)
  - Disaster Recovery Exercises
Ability to lead and set direction under minimal supervision
Ability to exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results

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:

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Technology Architect: At Bank of America, I help shape the technology strategy that powers our global business.

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I guide team members through large-scale projects that make a massive impact on operations. And I rely on daily, cross-team collaboration, whether I’m reviewing designs or mentoring engineers.

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There’s a sense of accomplishment knowing the work we do has impact, but feeling supported and valued is a big piece of it too.

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With competitive benefits, recognition programs, and exciting career mobility, I feel motivated to take on the future of this industry. I’m helping to build systems that are secure, scalable, and ready for what’s next.

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