Senior Engineer

Bank of America•Jersey City, NJ

2d•$122,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for defining and leading engineering approaches for complex features and delivering end-to-end solutions with significant business outcomes. It provides technical leadership in the design, implementation, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise infrastructure platforms supporting Global Resolution Recovery and Planning (RRP), Balance Sheet Management (BSM), CCAR stress testing, and regulatory initiatives including IFRS and GAAP compliance. The position administers and optimizes mission-critical infrastructure supporting Net Interest Income (NII) and Economic Value of Equity (EVE) forecasting platforms. It works across large-scale Linux, Windows, database, storage, and distributed computing environments that process high-volume financial data and support Finance, Treasury, and Risk organizations. The role leads infrastructure modernization and reliability improvements, with responsibility for automation, monitoring, capacity planning, disaster recovery, security best practices, and operational excellence. Close collaboration with development, data engineering, application support, security, and business teams is required to deliver scalable, resilient, and highly available enterprise solutions.

Requirements

10+ years of enterprise infrastructure administration, systems engineering, or platform engineering experience in large-scale environments.
7+ years of experience supporting mission-critical platforms within a financial services organization.
Extensive experience administering Windows-based infrastructure, distributed systems, and enterprise database platforms.
Strong experience supporting SQL-based systems, data platforms, ETL processes, and large-scale data environments.
Proven expertise in infrastructure performance tuning, capacity management, root cause analysis, and platform optimization.
Experience managing Vertica, Hadoop, distributed data platforms, or similar enterprise-scale technologies.
Strong understanding of infrastructure architecture, networking, storage, security, and system reliability principles.
Experience with automation, scripting, configuration management, and operational tooling.
Familiarity with monitoring, logging, observability, and incident management solutions.
Understanding of capital, liquidity, forecasting, and balance sheet management systems within financial institutions.
Experience supporting production environments with strict availability, performance, and regulatory requirements.
Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
Proven leadership skills, including experience leading operational initiatives, infrastructure reviews, and technical deep dives.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of CCAR, FR Y-14A, and related regulatory reporting platforms.
Experience with hybrid cloud, infrastructure modernization, and enterprise platform transformation initiatives.
Knowledge of security controls, compliance frameworks, and audit requirements within financial services environments.
Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation frameworks, and DevOps operational practices.

Responsibilities

Ensure the design and engineering approach for complex features is consistent with the broader portfolio solution.
Define the technology tool stack and evaluate or adapt testing tools, frameworks, and practices for teams.
Enable teams and applications with CI/CD capabilities and collaborate with technical stakeholders to ensure efficient pipeline operation.
Guide teams on design and high-performance coding practices, including pairing and code reviews.
Deliver complex features end to end, including automation, for one or multiple teams at program level.
Conduct research, prototyping, and evaluations of tools and components for release management, CI/CD, and features.
Establish high-level solution needs with stakeholders and work with architects on technical requirements.
Provide technical leadership for enterprise infrastructure platforms, including servers, databases, storage, middleware, and cloud technologies.
Design, implement, and support scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure for financial forecasting and regulatory reporting platforms.
Administer and optimize Windows and distributed computing environments for performance, stability, and compliance.
Develop automation and scripting solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
Monitor platform health, perform capacity planning, and resolve complex infrastructure and performance issues.
Support disaster recovery, business continuity, backup, and resiliency initiatives.
Partner with development, support, security, and data engineering teams to deploy and operate enterprise platforms.
Lead technology assessments, platform migrations, infrastructure modernization, and continuous improvement efforts.
Guide cross-functional teams through infrastructure design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational support.
Serve as a subject matter expert for enterprise forecasting, aggregation, and regulatory platforms, supporting strategic initiatives and daily operations.