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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 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!
Position Summary
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.
This is a critical role supporting Bank of America’s efforts to build the next generation of its internal cloud platform, GEOS. The Senior Infrastructure Architect will lead the strategic modernization of the GEOS on-premise compute platform, driving the design and build cycle for resilient, scalable hosting platforms within newly established GEOS data centers.
The role establishes best practices for platform hosting, sets technical direction for custom engineering solutions and strategic vendor integrations, and remains hands-on in lab environments to validate designs and test solutions. In parallel, the architect embeds enterprise risk and control requirements into all architecture patterns, partnering closely with Cybersecurity, 2nd Line Risk, and Internal Audit to ensure compliance, resiliency, and audit readiness.
This role requires deep expertise in hyperconverged infrastructure and VMware/Nutanix virtualization, combined with disciplined risk management, to deliver a modern, secure, and well-governed on-premise infrastructure platform.
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)
- The Senior Infrastructure Architect will drive the strategic on-premise platform upgrade for GEOS, with deep expertise in hyper-converged infrastructure, VMware/Nutanix virtualization, and integration of compute platforms into newly established GEOS data centers.
- This role ensures that designs meet workload demands, resiliency objectives, and the automation principles.
- In addition to core engineering leadership, this architect will play a central role in risk and control alignment.
- Responsibilities include embedding required technical controls into architecture patterns, validating designs against enterprise risk frameworks, and ensuring compliance with configuration, access, segmentation, monitoring, and resiliency standards.
- The senior architect will regularly engage 2nd Line Risk, Internal Audit, and Cybersecurity to address control expectations, respond to challenges, and ensure architectural decisions withstand scrutiny.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10–15 years of progressive experience in infrastructure architecture and/or platform engineering environments.
- Deep hands-on expertise designing and modernizing on-premise infrastructure platforms, including next-generation data center builds.
- Strong architectural and implementation experience with Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) platforms.
- Advanced proficiency with VMware and/or Nutanix virtualization technologies, including large-scale, production grade deployments.
- Experience integrating compute platforms into new or greenfield data center environments.
- Proven experience leading strategic platform modernization initiatives, from architecture design through build, validation, and production rollout.
- Strong understanding of resiliency, high availability, scalability, and performance requirements for enterprise workloads.
- Ability to balance engineering innovation with disciplined risk management in regulated environments.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across engineering, risk, and governance teams.
- Experience setting technical strategy and providing architectural leadership across multiple engineering teams.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Demonstrated ability to define and enforce best practices, reference architectures, and design patterns for hosting platforms.
- Hands-on lab experience validating architectural designs, testing solutions, and supporting proof-of-concept efforts.
- Strong background embedding enterprise risk, security, and control requirements into infrastructure architecture.
- Experience supporting audit readiness, responding to control challenges, and ensuring architectural decisions withstand regulatory and internal scrutiny.
- Experience aligning architectures to enterprise risk frameworks, configuration standards, access controls, network segmentation, monitoring, and resiliency requirements.
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
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 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!
Position Summary
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.
This is a critical role supporting Bank of America’s efforts to build the next generation of its internal cloud platform, GEOS. The Senior Infrastructure Architect will lead the strategic modernization of the GEOS on-premise compute platform, driving the design and build cycle for resilient, scalable hosting platforms within newly established GEOS data centers.
The role establishes best practices for platform hosting, sets technical direction for custom engineering solutions and strategic vendor integrations, and remains hands-on in lab environments to validate designs and test solutions. In parallel, the architect embeds enterprise risk and control requirements into all architecture patterns, partnering closely with Cybersecurity, 2nd Line Risk, and Internal Audit to ensure compliance, resiliency, and audit readiness.
This role requires deep expertise in hyperconverged infrastructure and VMware/Nutanix virtualization, combined with disciplined risk management, to deliver a modern, secure, and well-governed on-premise infrastructure platform.
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)
- The Senior Infrastructure Architect will drive the strategic on-premise platform upgrade for GEOS, with deep expertise in hyper-converged infrastructure, VMware/Nutanix virtualization, and integration of compute platforms into newly established GEOS data centers.
- This role ensures that designs meet workload demands, resiliency objectives, and the automation principles.
- In addition to core engineering leadership, this architect will play a central role in risk and control alignment.
- Responsibilities include embedding required technical controls into architecture patterns, validating designs against enterprise risk frameworks, and ensuring compliance with configuration, access, segmentation, monitoring, and resiliency standards.
- The senior architect will regularly engage 2nd Line Risk, Internal Audit, and Cybersecurity to address control expectations, respond to challenges, and ensure architectural decisions withstand scrutiny.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10–15 years of progressive experience in infrastructure architecture and/or platform engineering environments.
- Deep hands-on expertise designing and modernizing on-premise infrastructure platforms, including next-generation data center builds.
- Strong architectural and implementation experience with Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) platforms.
- Advanced proficiency with VMware and/or Nutanix virtualization technologies, including large-scale, production grade deployments.
- Experience integrating compute platforms into new or greenfield data center environments.
- Proven experience leading strategic platform modernization initiatives, from architecture design through build, validation, and production rollout.
- Strong understanding of resiliency, high availability, scalability, and performance requirements for enterprise workloads.
- Ability to balance engineering innovation with disciplined risk management in regulated environments.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across engineering, risk, and governance teams.
- Experience setting technical strategy and providing architectural leadership across multiple engineering teams.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Demonstrated ability to define and enforce best practices, reference architectures, and design patterns for hosting platforms.
- Hands-on lab experience validating architectural designs, testing solutions, and supporting proof-of-concept efforts.
- Strong background embedding enterprise risk, security, and control requirements into infrastructure architecture.
- Experience supporting audit readiness, responding to control challenges, and ensuring architectural decisions withstand regulatory and internal scrutiny.
- Experience aligning architectures to enterprise risk frameworks, configuration standards, access controls, network segmentation, monitoring, and resiliency requirements.
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
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Senior Infrastructure Architect
Document your architecture credentials before applying
Assemble transcripts, professional certifications (CCIE, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Expert), and a detailed employment history that maps each role to infrastructure design decisions. USCIS adjudicators scrutinize specialty occupation claims for architect-level titles, so a clear credential trail shortens RFE risk.
Verify employer LCA filing history by role
Use Migrate Mate to filter companies by confirmed H-1B Labor Condition Application filings for infrastructure and systems architect job codes, so you're targeting employers with active sponsorship workflows rather than guessing from job descriptions alone.
Cross-reference your job duties against O*NET
The O*NET profile for network and computer systems architects defines the theoretical and practical knowledge requirements USCIS uses to evaluate specialty occupation. Align your resume language to those defined competencies before submitting to any employer.
Negotiate petition timing into your offer conversation
H-1B cap-subject petitions can only take effect October 1 after a March lottery. If you're currently on OPT or another status, confirm with the hiring team whether they'll file in the next registration window and whether they'll cover premium processing to get a faster USCIS decision.
Check whether target employers are cap-exempt
Universities, affiliated nonprofits, and certain government research organizations can file H-1B petitions at any time of year without lottery exposure. Infrastructure architect roles at these institutions are often overlooked but face no April 1 filing deadline and no selection uncertainty.
Confirm prevailing wage level before accepting an offer
Run your specific job title, worksite location, and SOC code through the OFLC Wage Search before finalizing compensation discussions. Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the applicable DOL wage level, and a mismatch discovered late can delay or invalidate the petition.
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Find Senior Infrastructure Architect JobsSenior Infrastructure Architect H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Infrastructure Architect role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. USCIS evaluates infrastructure architect positions under computer and information systems roles that require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, information systems, or electrical engineering. Roles involving enterprise network design, cloud architecture, or data center strategy consistently meet the specialty occupation standard, though employers should document the theoretical and practical application requirement in the LCA and I-129 petition.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for infrastructure architect roles?
Large technology firms, financial services companies, healthcare systems, and enterprise software vendors are the most active sponsors for infrastructure architect positions. You can find employers with verified H-1B Labor Condition Application filing history for this role on Migrate Mate, which filters by occupation code rather than relying on self-reported job descriptions.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new infrastructure architect employer without losing my place in the queue?
Yes. Under H-1B portability, you can start working for a new employer as soon as they file a new I-129 petition, provided your existing H-1B was previously approved and you've maintained lawful status. You don't lose any priority date tied to a PERM labor certification filed by your prior employer, though that certification belongs to the employer, not to you.
What happens to my H-1B status if my infrastructure architect role is reclassified or my employer is acquired?
A corporate acquisition or merger doesn't automatically invalidate your H-1B if the new employer is a successor-in-interest and your job duties remain materially the same. A significant change in job title, location, or responsibilities, however, requires an amended I-129 before the change takes effect. USCIS considers worksite changes to a new metropolitan statistical area a material change requiring an amendment and a new LCA.
How does prevailing wage apply to Senior Infrastructure Architect positions?
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your specific SOC code, job title, and worksite location. Senior-level architect roles often fall at wage Level III or IV in the DOL's four-tier system. You can verify the applicable wage for your location using the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer to confirm alignment with what the employer intends to file.
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