Senior Vice President, Senior Architect, Core Technology Infrastructure

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!

The Chief Technology Infrastructure:

·         Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world.

·         Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully.

·         Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals.

·         Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience.

·         Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs.

Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital.

Job Description:

The Bank of America Architecture & Engineering Core Networking team is responsible for the development of complex networking solutions deployable into the banks regional, international and metropolitan backbone packet and metropolitan optical transport networks. This team consists of highly motivated self-directed individuals who exceed performance expectations in a large and challenging workplace. 

Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

·         Architecture development for large complex networking solutions for new and existing networks

·         Support the Product Management team in the maintenance of hardware and software life-cycle roadmaps

·         Support initiatives that drive topology and capacity alterations to the core level networks

·         Development of architectural whitepapers, product guides and standards-based documentation

·         Develop of global IP routing designs and standards

·         Develop Quality-of-Service policy templates and configurations

·         Evaluation of emerging networking technologies

·         Interface with engineering, operational and lab/certification teams

·         Provide financial input for new initiatives and conduct financial analysis of comparative solutions

·         Support operational root cause analysis for network impacting events  

Required Skills:

Required Qualifications:

• BA or BS in Telecommunications, Data Communications or Computer Science
• 10+ Years of experience in LAN/WAN networking
• 10+ Years Cisco routing and switching experience
• Must have prior architecture and/or architecture group lead experience
• Architecture experience within a large service provider is preferred
• Strong knowledge and configuration skills of routing protocols to include: ISIS and BGP
• Must demonstrate strong experience with IP multicast, Route Reflectors, MPLS, LDP, Segment Routing (SR-MPLS), L2VPN and L3VPN (Unicast/Multicast)
• Familiarization with data center protocols such as EVPN & VXLAN
• Familiarization with optical transport technologies such as CWDM, DWDM, OTN and ROADM technology
• Knowledgeable with QoS concepts and queuing strategies, experience with QoS configurations, diagnosing and tuning of QoS and performing bandwidth analysis
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills in a complex multi-layered network environment
• Excellent customer service skills including reporting, organization, written and oral communication and task prioritization
• Must be a highly motivated, self-directed individual capable of supporting multiple large initiatives
• Candidate must have strong program management skills necessary to lead multi-discipline technology teams
• Experience working under tight deadlines and high pressure environments
• Capable of quickly learning new technologies and procedures
• Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCIE routing certifications or equivalent work experience required

Desired Skills:

• Participate in cross-functional teams and ability to work effectively in a geographically dispersed team