Architect - GBS IND

Hyderabad Telangana, North Carolina, United States; Chennai, India

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About Us

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 and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations. Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence and innovation. In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.

Process Overview

The Global Information Security (GIS) is responsible for protecting Bank information systems, confidential and proprietary data, and customer information. The team develops the Bank’s Information Security strategy and policy, manages the Information Security program and identifies and addresses vulnerabilities, Develops, deploys and manages a risk-based controls portfolio, Manages and operates a global security operations center that monitors, detects and responds to cybersecurity incidents.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solution Architect to join an exciting team within Global Information Security (GIS). Cyber Security Technology (CST) is a globally distributed team responsible for cyber security innovation and architecture, engineering, solutions and capabilities development, cyber resiliency, access management engineering, data strategy, deployment maintenance, technical project management and information technology security control support.

The Identity & Access Management (IAM) Solution Architect will facilitate with designing, strengthening, and securing the Bank’s Identity & Access Management systems and overall security posture. This role focuses on collaboration across all Lines of Business, CIO teams, to continuously improve the organization's security adherence. The Solution Architect will design, identify, and document inefficiencies, and prioritize improvement opportunities across the IAM and authentication related projects.

Additionally, the role also will actively apply knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, and information security concepts (e.g., NIST, COBIT, ISO) to establish and maintain information security policies and standards. Job expectations include working with information security engineering and identity & access product teams, identifying gaps and directing the overall identity and access strategy.

Responsibilities

Design
- Manage all aspects of delivery for solution design, including capturing of security requirements, identifying risks & opportunities, and alignment to information security policy.
- Create portfolio level, high‑level and low‑level design (PLD/HLD/LLD) documentation for IAM architectures, integrations, and solution components.
- Perform IAM-focused threat modeling to assess security risks, identify attack vectors, and define mitigation strategies across identity platforms and authentication workflows.
Research
- Maintain thought leadership role in identity and access technology, remaining up to date on offerings of various service providers. Conducting research on emerging IAM technologies, authentication protocols, threat landscapes, and best practices to inform platform strategy and improve architectural robustness.
Consult
- Serve as a technical security design resource through the Systems Development Lifecyle and provide expert level guidance on design decisions, standards, and operational practices.
- Support with creating new and leveraging existing secure patterns to optimize an identity and access design that aligns to business requirements.
- Be an active member of Identity center of excellence to define and govern best practices in identity and access platforms engineering, operations, application development, and governance.
- Drive discussions in architecture review board; develop platform architecture artifacts and influence on architectural decisions.
Communicate
- Communicate problems, risks, challenges, and evangelize IAM best practices to drive discussions across key stakeholders –engineering, operations, developers, and senior leadership.
- Cross collaborates and work with line(s) of business teams and other security and IT support functions.

Requirements

Education : Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field

Certifications If Any : NA

Experience Range : 8+ years

Foundational skills

8+ years of experience in Information Security.
Expertise in identity and authentication methodologies, techniques, and technologies.
Strong experience with PING products, AWS IAM and EntraID is required
Experience with Linux, Windows, Cloud Identity, Access Management, design and architecture of authentication services or Identity Store.
Security knowledge which covers core technology infrastructure (Account management, servers, databases, etc.) identity management and application security practice.
Knowledge of IAM IGA related tools which support, vaulting, integration with service management tool would be an advantage.
7+ years relevant hands-on experience in identity and authentication fields in a large and complex organization.
Strong development experience in Java/J2EE technologies.
Proficient in articulating facts and data-driven plans and ability to partner with stakeholders to implement intended solutions to drive risk reductions and adherence to relevant Identity and Authentication requirement within IAM standards.
Knowledge and understanding of Identity and Access Management specific laws, rules, regulations, and Guidelines such as SOX, OCC, NIST, ISO/EC, FFIEC within the financial services sector.
Possession of CISSP certification would be an advantage.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Excellent organizational skills and be able to effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
Proficient in data management which includes strong data analytical capabilities with advanced understanding of the collection and management of metadata.

Desired skills