Senior Architect - GBS IND Chennai, India;Madhapur, Hyderabad **To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.** Acknowledge Refer a friend **To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.** Acknowledge (https://ghr.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/lateral-ba\_continuum/job/Chennai-Tamil-Nadu/Senior-Architect---GBS-IND\_25044549) **Job Description:** **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. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. 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** Data Management Technology & Enterprise Architecture team enables our businesses to realize the maximum ROI on bank data assets. Data Management Technology provides valuable insights from our data through robust analysis and modeling, delivers advanced data and analytics platforms, data transformation, visualization tools, as well as a comprehensive data science platform. Enterprise Architecture & Technology Management advises and ensures the creation and maintenance of strategic architectures aligned to our Responsible Growth goals, and supports the management of software, libraries and technology products used by the Enterprise. The team works closely with the business and strategic partners to develop blueprints, portfolio level designs, conduct new technology reviews, and architect, design and develop applications for our different Lines of Business. **Job Description** The senior enterprise architect represents a team of high-powered enterprise architects in delivering optimal and strategic architecture artifacts & solutions to the organization. This role is techno-functional, with strong emphasis on depth in domain and technologies as well as adept stakeholder management skills to work along with highly experienced solution architects. The role is accountable for delivering analysis of laws, rules and regulations impacting architecture and cryptography deliverables of the bank that meet business requirements in support of a given portfolio. The role will be accountable for partnering with key roles (e.g., project managers, business analysts, strategic architects etc.) to create guideline documents and approaches that are aligned to the amendment / creation of practices, as dictated by the amendment / introduction of mandates. **Responsibilities** + Laws, Rules & Regulations (LRR) + Read LRR and prepare Mapping Sheet. + Review with EATM LRR Review Lead. + Review potential LRRs to identify likely impact to EATM. + Attend Weekly review calls. + Track completion in JIRA. + Crypto, CBDC & Web3 + Analyze specific industry materials and prepare summary. + Understand product technical profile. + Help prepare reference architecture. + Cryptography Audit Identified Issues (AII) – Ongoing support and remediation of AII + Represent technology strategy & architecture in major programs / initiatives + Oversee and support Strategic, Functional & Technical Requirements gathering aligned to the LRR impacted + Promote adherence of practices to bank policies and standards, architectural principles and guidelines. + Ensure adherence to the architecture governance processes and compliance + Technical leadership and exposure across a broad scale of tools, technologies and architecture models. + Thought leadership in evolving and refining architecture team processes based on needs of the broader organization + Adapt governance and operating models to work across with other architecture teams, as well as teams outside of architecture function (vendors, delivery, testing and production support etc.) **Requirements** **Education*** + BE/MCA + Certifications If Any: NA **Experience Range*** + 15 - 20 Years **Foundational Skills** + 15+ years’ overall experience – covering Cyber Security and related Laws, Rules and Regulations – with argumentative understanding of Cyber Security and Risk landscape. + Excellent written (technical), comprehension and verbal communication + Ability to collect and visualize concepts as models. + Good understanding of technology landscape (Database, Integration, Cloud, etc.). + Experience working in an Enterprise setting + A mindset to understand the relevance & importance of IT Risk Management. + Strong, proactive leadership capabilities – inspiring fellowship + Ability to stimulate and participate in creative thinking for out-of-the-box solutions + Resolving and influencing the positive outcome of conflicting objectives and priorities + Ability to effectively communicate, interact with and influence Senior Technical associates, Business & Operational partners, and Executives + Work effectively within a fast-paced, cohesive architecture team and willing to learn fast and adapt quickly to change. + Translating complex concepts into multiple architectural “views” aimed at varying audiences + Broad based IT knowledge and experience (Hardware, Financial Software, Middleware, Databases) + Application knowledge and experience (Distributed Services, Design, Analysis) + Industry best practices in architectural methodologies and standards (e.g., Zachman, TOGAF, Rational Unified Process, IEEE-1471, etc.) + Interpreting business needs and applying innovative technology solutions + Governance and oversight processes for managing alignment of change to strategic goals **Desired Skills:** + Articulate and convincing skills in espousing merits of solution to business and technical teams + Hands-on technology experience (API, SQL, XML, Containers, Any Programming language pref. Java/Python/Kotlin/C#, CI/CD) + Experience reviewing Regulatory circulars/publications and interpreting them + Experience in Banking **Work Timings*** + 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM IST **Job Location*** + Chennai, Hyderabad Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates. 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