Technology Executive, Head of Hardware and Appliances Engineering, Certification and Automation

Bank of America • Chandler, AZ

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Head of Hardware and Appliances Engineering, Certification and Automation Executive will drive the implementation and delivery of technology solutions in support of consistent infrastructure build and deployment automation and certification aligned to converged infrastructure delivery strategy. This Executive will be responsible for evaluation of technology solutions, development and implementation of automation, and solutions to enable a validated, certified, and consistent infrastructure provisioning, and is expected to be fluent in software engineering and development practices, and infrastructure engineering and delivery at scale in a large, regulated enterprise. This role blends deep infrastructure expertise with modern software engineering and automation practices. The ideal candidate will drive the design, development, and evolution of Hardware engineering, certification, and automation platforms that power scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise environments. This is a critical leadership role with high visibility and impact, perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure engineering, cloud native architecture, and software defined automation. This role partners with Engineering, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Risk, Development, CIO leadership, and Product Delivery teams, and other key partner areas across Cloud and Data Center services and Core Technology Infrastructure (CTI) teams to deliver hardware and appliance deployment and infrastructure fulfillment solutions that drive and scale self-service cloud computing capabilities with continuous improvement in a converge infrastructure paradigm across our data center and hosting locations. The mandate is to help the bank scale cloud adoption and infrastructure delivery safely while minimizing excess infrastructure expense, wasted capacity, optimized demand management and fulfillment, and leverage repeatable hardware solutions to promote optimized data center and workload placement, endure optimized capacity, and to reduce and attempt to eliminate bespoke hardware and infrastructure deployments whenever possible.

Requirements

• 20+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering with at least 10 years in leadership roles.
• Strong software development background with proficiency in languages such as Python, Go, Java or Scripting Languages.
• Deep expertise in virtualization, Containerization (Kubernetes) and operating system, storage/networking systems.
• Proven experience with Intel and AMD Hardware engineering and certification.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, etc.) and automation frameworks.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and modern cloud infrastructure patterns.
• Record of leading engineering teams through agile development and dev-ops practices.
• Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Thinks Strategically: Considers business priorities to form fact-based opinions and sound recommendations.
• Deep expertise in virtualization, automation, and converged infrastructure products and solutions
• Familiarity with application and infrastructure CI/CD
• Expertise in testing and automation validation
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), operational telemetry, and modern SRE practices.
• Experience in managing teams and delivering results in a complex and large-scale enterprise environment.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Strong leadership presence with ability to influence across engineering, security, risk, and business teams.
• Familiarity with modern product and agile operating models, and how to deliver at speed and scale within these models.
• Experience driving a vision implementing products and services aligned to an enterprise strategy, risk models, and at scale.
• Ability to recognize implementation planning opportunity to optimize cross-project dependencies for greater efficiency in project delivery.
• Holds self and others accountable for high performance standards.
• Maximizes the potential in people.

Responsibilities

• Manages relationships with business and technology executives/sponsors and vendors for technical products and understands the work deliverables and performance of the Technology Management team by following outcomes from business and client feedback
• Creates an inclusive and healthy working environment and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers by sponsoring opportunities that improve processes, staying close to teams and their experiences, and identifying new opportunities to enhance efficiency and gain a competitive advantage
• Conducts portfolio level resourcing and financial management activities, establishes target outcomes through objectives and key results, tracks strategic technology outcomes aligned to the portfolio strategy, and promotes the organization and its resources to achieve them
• Facilitates performance and career development of teams through performance reviews, coaching, and creating development plans that are needed to build competencies and skills
• Establishes a culture of risk and compliance management, ensuring the organization is compliant with all applicable policies and standards
• Ensures that execution is aligned with Portfolio strategy by working with Portfolio Product Executives and other value stream stakeholders
• Manages procurement, vendor evaluations, and negotiating vendor contracts for technical products and services for the organization

Benefits

• This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
• This role is currently benefits eligible.
• We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed