: 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! : This job is responsible for defining an architectural vision and solution that supports the strategic outcomes of the Business' Products and Services. Key responsibilities include defining the target operating environment, designing for client resiliency, assisting with solution design, and defining non-functional requirements. Job expectations include working with stakeholders and service providers aligned to the Business' strategic objectives, evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions, and contributing to the architecture roadmap. Position Summary: Senior Software and Network Automation Developer will possess deep expertise in software engineering, development, IaC, and network automation. This role involves working with the team’s network automation architect and Product owner to manage the development teams workstack, keeping them on track and unblocked. Mentoring junior developers as well as being part of the group’s leadership team feeding into application direction and key decisions. Responsibilities: Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services Contributes to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices including standardized templates Clarifies the architecture, assists with system design to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through knowledge of domain, practical experiments, and proof of concepts while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular, and adaptable Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions Supports the team as needed to select the technology stack required for solutions and helps select preferred technology products Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability) Key Responsibilities: Software Development: Lead the development of software solutions for network management and network automation. Ensure high quality well written, clean, efficient, and well-documented code within team. Assist team with debug and troubleshooting of software issues. Develop microservices, APIs, IaC service templates that define the services that we provide to our customers.

Systems Administration: Manage and maintain Linux servers and systems. Lead team regards routine system monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. Ensure system security and compliance in line with BOA best practices. Effectively use Jira and Confluence to manage and document work.

Automation and Scripting: Automate repetitive tasks and workflows using Python and shell scripts within virtual environment. Develop and maintain NetDevOps CI/CD pipelines for deployment automation using a GitOps model. Deploy code to our development, QA, Staging and Production servers using our continuous integration and deployment pipeline platform. Test new services are functioning as expected using our testing framework, and add new test cases to the test suite to continuously improve our quality assurance bar. Develop and implement network automation strategies for network configuration, monitoring, and management. Design and maintain scripts and tools to automate network tasks and workflows. Implement and manage network orchestration tools to streamline operations in conjunction with BOA foundational automation team.

Leadership and Collaboration: Lead code reviews and provide constructive feedback. Collaborate with NetDevOps engineers to streamline operation and process. Participate where required in on team on call rotation to support application users. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand network requirements and translate them into technical solutions that can be explained to management and team. Participate in software and network architectural discussions and decision-making processes related to network and automation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including network engineers, NetDevOps engineers, and software developers and network deployment engineers. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior network developers and software engineers.

Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for systems and processes. Document code and systems configurations.

Continuous Improvement: Stay current with BOA technologies. Identify and recommend improvements to existing network systems and processes. Drive the adoption of new technologies and practices that enhance network deployment, upkeep and reliability.

Required Qualification: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Experience: Proven experience as a Senior Network Developer or in a similar senior-level network engineering role (7+ years). Extensive experience with network automation tools and practices. Strong background in designing and implementing enterprise-level solutions.

Technical Skills: Proficiency in network protocols, services, and standards (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, VLANs, VRF’s). Very strong proficiency in Python programming and Linux OS. (RHEL, CentOS, etc.). Experience with network automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Itential, NetBox (Nautobot)). Familiarity with software-defined controller based networking (SDN) (Arista CVP, Cisco ACI) as well as IaC models. Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Ansible and Terraform).

Soft Skills: Strong communication and collaboration abilities. Attention to detail and commitment to quality. Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment. Leadership capabilities and a proactive attitude.

Desired Qualifications: Advanced certifications in Networking (e.g. ACE, CCIE, JNCIE) Knowledge of database systems (CRUD operations, NetBox ). Arista ACE Level 5+ or Cisco DevNet S/P/E Skills: Analytical Thinking Architecture Result Orientation Solution Design Technical Strategy Development Application Development Collaboration Data Management DevOps Practices Risk Management Agile Practices Automation Influence Solution Delivery Process Test Engineering Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours Per Week: 40 Pay Transparency details US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101) Pay and benefits information Pay range $135,600.00 - $202,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible 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. Benefits 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr