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Environmental Remediation Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires your employer to document that no qualified U.S. worker is available. Engineering firms, environmental consultancies, and government contractors regularly file PERM applications for remediation specialists with hazardous-waste and site-assessment credentials.
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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 impacting 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!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Data Remediation & Governance Analyst plays a critical role in the execution and oversight of enterprise and Line of Business - sponsored data remediation initiatives supporting our Risk, Finance, and Treasury space. This role serves as a central coordinator between Lines of Business (LOBs), Technology, Data Management, and Enterprise Governance teams to ensure data issues are effectively assessed, prioritized, funded, planned, and remediated in accordance with enterprise policies, regulatory commitments, and minimum data standards.
The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of governance and delivery, driving remediation outcomes through influence, coordination, and disciplined execution. They will facilitate issue intake, remediation planning, technology engagement, estimation activities, governance reporting, and executive communications while ensuring accountability across multiple stakeholder groups.
Key Responsibilities
Data Issue Governance & Remediation
- Oversight of the end-to-end lifecycle of data quality and data incident remediation efforts, from issue identification through remediation planning and closure.
- Ensure data quality issues are documented, tracked, and governed in accordance with Enterprise Data Management policies, standards, and control requirements.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to identify root causes, remediation strategies, and long-term sustainable solutions.
- Drive accountability for remediation commitments, milestones, and target dates across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Identify and escalate risks, blockers, control concerns, and remediation delays to appropriate governance forums.
Intake, Requirements & Technology Engagement
- Facilitate readiness assessments for remediation initiatives by ensuring minimum data requirements, scope, impacts, dependencies, and implementation considerations are clearly defined.
- Coordinate Functional Requirements Document (FRD) reviews and quality assurance activities to ensure remediation solutions address business and control objectives.
- Lead technology intake and estimation activities across multiple Technology organizations, ensuring impacted teams are identified and engaged.
- Consolidate technology estimates, implementation timelines, funding requirements, and delivery dependencies to support informed prioritization and planning decisions.
- Challenge proposed solutions and requirements to ensure completeness, feasibility, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Program Coordination & Governance
- Coordinate planning and execution activities across multiple large-scale data remediation and regulatory initiatives.
- Partner with business, technology, and governance stakeholders to prioritize remediation efforts based on enterprise risk, regulatory commitments, business impact, and delivery capacity.
- Represent remediation activities within governance routines, program reviews, steering committees, and executive forums.
- Monitor service-level expectations and key milestones, escalating items requiring leadership attention.
Analytics & Executive Reporting
- Analyze remediation, intake, estimation, and delivery data to identify trends, emerging risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for process improvement.
- Develop executive-level reporting, dashboards, presentations, and governance materials that clearly communicate remediation progress, risks, and dependencies.
- Produce insights and recommendations that support decision-making by senior leaders and governance bodies.
- Maintain transparency across remediation portfolios through accurate and timely reporting.
Process Improvement
- Contribute to the enhancement of remediation, intake, estimation, governance, and reporting processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, consistency, controls, and data transparency.
- Support the development of repeatable frameworks, procedures, and governance practices that strengthen enterprise data management capabilities.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Remediation, Risk Management, Technology Delivery, or Program Management within a large financial institution.
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality management practices, and remediation methodologies.
- Experience supporting data issue management, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and technology implementation activities.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving business, technology, and governance stakeholders.
- Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive accountability without direct management authority.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information and identify key themes, risks, and dependencies.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing executive-level materials and presentations.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, SharePoint, Jira, and related governance/reporting tools.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of enterprise data management policies and regulatory data management expectations.
- Experience supporting Risk, Finance, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting, or Data Remediation programs.
- Experience facilitating FRD/BRD development, technology intake, estimation, and delivery planning processes.
- Experience working within large-scale regulatory or enterprise transformation programs.
- Familiarity with data controls, data management frameworks, and governance routines.
Skills:
- Collaboration
- Project Management
- Result Orientation
- Solution Delivery Process
- Stakeholder Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Business Acumen
- Financial Management
- Influence
- Risk Management
- Agile Practices
- Architecture
- Data Management
- Solution Design
- Technical Strategy Development
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
INTRODUCTION
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 impacting 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!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Data Remediation & Governance Analyst plays a critical role in the execution and oversight of enterprise and Line of Business - sponsored data remediation initiatives supporting our Risk, Finance, and Treasury space. This role serves as a central coordinator between Lines of Business (LOBs), Technology, Data Management, and Enterprise Governance teams to ensure data issues are effectively assessed, prioritized, funded, planned, and remediated in accordance with enterprise policies, regulatory commitments, and minimum data standards.
The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of governance and delivery, driving remediation outcomes through influence, coordination, and disciplined execution. They will facilitate issue intake, remediation planning, technology engagement, estimation activities, governance reporting, and executive communications while ensuring accountability across multiple stakeholder groups.
Key Responsibilities
Data Issue Governance & Remediation
- Oversight of the end-to-end lifecycle of data quality and data incident remediation efforts, from issue identification through remediation planning and closure.
- Ensure data quality issues are documented, tracked, and governed in accordance with Enterprise Data Management policies, standards, and control requirements.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to identify root causes, remediation strategies, and long-term sustainable solutions.
- Drive accountability for remediation commitments, milestones, and target dates across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Identify and escalate risks, blockers, control concerns, and remediation delays to appropriate governance forums.
Intake, Requirements & Technology Engagement
- Facilitate readiness assessments for remediation initiatives by ensuring minimum data requirements, scope, impacts, dependencies, and implementation considerations are clearly defined.
- Coordinate Functional Requirements Document (FRD) reviews and quality assurance activities to ensure remediation solutions address business and control objectives.
- Lead technology intake and estimation activities across multiple Technology organizations, ensuring impacted teams are identified and engaged.
- Consolidate technology estimates, implementation timelines, funding requirements, and delivery dependencies to support informed prioritization and planning decisions.
- Challenge proposed solutions and requirements to ensure completeness, feasibility, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Program Coordination & Governance
- Coordinate planning and execution activities across multiple large-scale data remediation and regulatory initiatives.
- Partner with business, technology, and governance stakeholders to prioritize remediation efforts based on enterprise risk, regulatory commitments, business impact, and delivery capacity.
- Represent remediation activities within governance routines, program reviews, steering committees, and executive forums.
- Monitor service-level expectations and key milestones, escalating items requiring leadership attention.
Analytics & Executive Reporting
- Analyze remediation, intake, estimation, and delivery data to identify trends, emerging risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for process improvement.
- Develop executive-level reporting, dashboards, presentations, and governance materials that clearly communicate remediation progress, risks, and dependencies.
- Produce insights and recommendations that support decision-making by senior leaders and governance bodies.
- Maintain transparency across remediation portfolios through accurate and timely reporting.
Process Improvement
- Contribute to the enhancement of remediation, intake, estimation, governance, and reporting processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, consistency, controls, and data transparency.
- Support the development of repeatable frameworks, procedures, and governance practices that strengthen enterprise data management capabilities.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Remediation, Risk Management, Technology Delivery, or Program Management within a large financial institution.
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality management practices, and remediation methodologies.
- Experience supporting data issue management, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and technology implementation activities.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving business, technology, and governance stakeholders.
- Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive accountability without direct management authority.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information and identify key themes, risks, and dependencies.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing executive-level materials and presentations.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, SharePoint, Jira, and related governance/reporting tools.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of enterprise data management policies and regulatory data management expectations.
- Experience supporting Risk, Finance, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting, or Data Remediation programs.
- Experience facilitating FRD/BRD development, technology intake, estimation, and delivery planning processes.
- Experience working within large-scale regulatory or enterprise transformation programs.
- Familiarity with data controls, data management frameworks, and governance routines.
Skills:
- Collaboration
- Project Management
- Result Orientation
- Solution Delivery Process
- Stakeholder Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Business Acumen
- Financial Management
- Influence
- Risk Management
- Agile Practices
- Architecture
- Data Management
- Solution Design
- Technical Strategy Development
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as an Environmental Remediation Engineer
Document your site-specific technical credentials early
Gather certifications like HAZWOPER 40-hour, PE licensure, and any state-specific remediation credentials before applying. PERM job descriptions are written around these qualifications, so gaps in your documentation can delay or derail the labor certification filing.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Environmental consulting firms that handle Superfund, brownfield, or industrial site contracts file PERM regularly for engineering roles. Search DOL PERM disclosure data to identify which employers in your specialty have sponsored foreign workers in recent years.
Understand how EB-2 versus EB-3 affects your timeline
If your role requires only a bachelor's degree, most employers will file under EB-3. Candidates with a master's or a documented national interest waiver argument may qualify for EB-2, which can shorten the priority date backlog for some nationalities.
Use Migrate Mate to find green card sponsoring employers
Search Migrate Mate to surface Environmental Remediation Engineer openings at employers with documented PERM filing history. This filters out roles where sponsorship is unlikely and focuses your applications on companies already familiar with the labor certification process.
Negotiate the PERM start date before accepting an offer
Ask the hiring manager whether PERM filing can begin after your probationary period or immediately on start date. Delays of six to twelve months are common, and your priority date only locks in once DOL receives the application, so earlier filing protects you in backlogs.
Verify the job description matches your O*NET classification
PERM petitions for remediation engineers are filed under specific Standard Occupational Classification codes. If the employer's job description lists duties outside your O*NET profile, USCIS may issue a Request for Evidence on the I-140, so flag mismatches to your employer's immigration counsel before filing.
Green Card Environmental Remediation Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does Environmental Remediation Engineer qualify as a specialty occupation for green card sponsorship?
Yes. Remediation engineering roles typically require at minimum a bachelor's degree in environmental, civil, or chemical engineering, which satisfies the specialty occupation and EB-3 professional definitions. Roles requiring a master's degree or equivalent, such as senior project engineer positions, may qualify for EB-2. The PERM job description must specify the minimum degree requirement that genuinely reflects the position.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status with a 6-year base limit and an annual lottery. PERM is the first step toward permanent residency, with no annual cap at the application level and no lottery. The process takes longer overall, typically two to four years from PERM filing to green card approval, but it leads to a permanent result rather than a temporary work authorization that must be renewed or extended.
Which employers most commonly sponsor green cards for remediation engineers?
Environmental consulting firms managing EPA Superfund contracts, brownfield redevelopment projects, and industrial site cleanups are the most consistent sponsors. Federal contractors working on Department of Defense or Department of Energy sites also file PERM regularly for remediation specialists. You can verify sponsorship history by reviewing DOL PERM disclosure data, which is publicly available and searchable by employer name and occupation.
How can I find Environmental Remediation Engineer jobs with green card sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to filter Environmental Remediation Engineer openings by employers with documented PERM and employment-based green card filing history. This approach avoids spending time on applications at firms unfamiliar with or unwilling to fund the PERM process, which can cost employers several thousand dollars in legal and filing fees.
Can my employer start the PERM process while I'm still on H-1B or OPT?
Yes. PERM labor certification can be filed while you hold any valid work authorization, including H-1B or OPT. Filing early is strategically valuable because your priority date is set when DOL receives the PERM application, and that date governs your place in the visa queue. For nationals of countries with longer backlogs, starting PERM as early as possible in your employment substantially reduces your total wait time.