Senior Infrastructure Database Engineer

Job Description: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!Job Summary:This job is responsible for leading the most complex technical designs that enable business strategies in accordance with architectural governance, standards and policies. Key responsibilities include facilitating deployment of the most complex technical solutions by developing templates, playbooks and automation used during implementation. Job expectations include consistently looking for opportunities to improve the reliability and efficiency of implementing the services, and influencing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. You will act as a technical authority and platform owner, driving architecture, standards, and engineering practices across a portfolio of modern data technologies including:MongoDBRedisGraph databases (e.g., GraphDB, Neo4j, Stardog)Emerging distributed and specialized data platformsThis role operates at the intersection of:Database engineeringPlatform engineeringCloud/infrastructure architectureSecurity and compliance integrationYou will ensure platforms are:Highly resilient and scalableAPI-first and automation-drivenSimple and intuitive for internal consumersFully integrated into enterprise systems, controls, and workflowsResponsibilities:Serves as a consultant on a broad range of technologies, platforms, and vendor offerings to drive targeted business outcomesDevelops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes and contributes to the technology strategy for end-to-end engineering solutions and provides feedback to the architecture teamsTranslates business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policiesParticipates in various steering committees for technical and infrastructure service domainsLeads the evaluation of reference models, blueprints and playbooks to ensure they are fit for purposeMentors and guides team members to ensure system design technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standardsCreates an inclusive and healthy working environment and help to resolve organizational impediments/blockersWe are seeking a Senior / Lead Database Engineer to lead the design, engineering, and evolution of enterprise-grade modern database platforms. This role combines deep technical expertise with platform leadership, responsible for delivering scalable, resilient, API-driven database services that integrate seamlessly with enterprise infrastructure and control ecosystems.Required Qualifications:7+ years as an Infrastructure Engineer or working in a similar functionDefine and own the target architecture and engineering strategy for modern database platforms across the enterpriseEstablish reference architectures, design patterns, and standards for document (MongoDB), in-memory (Redis), graph/knowledge graph platformsEvaluate and guide adoption of emerging database technologies aligned to enterprise needs (e.g., AI/GraphRAG, real-time processing, fraud/KYC use cases)Ensure architecture aligns with hybrid, multi-cloud, and sovereignty considerationsLead the creation of API-driven, self-service database platforms that abstract complexity from application teamsDefine and implement, service catalogs, golden deployment patterns, standardized provisioning workflows, reusable automation frameworksDrive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and platform-as-a-product principlesEnsure the platform delivers, consistent developer experience, rapid provisioning, standardized configurations, built-in governance and controlsArchitect database services for enterprise-grade resilience, including multi-region/multi-site high availability, failover and disaster recovery strategies, backup/restore frameworksLead performance engineering, including sharding and partitioning strategies, caching patterns (e.g., Redis integration), workload isolation and scaling modelsDefine and enforce SLOs/SLAs and reliability benchmarksIntroduce proactive capacity planning and performance optimization modelsEnsure deep integration with core infrastructure layers network (segmentation, routing, load balancing), compute (VM, bare metal, container orchestration), storage (block, file, object; performance tiers)Partner with infrastructure and cloud teams to optimize deployment models, standardize connectivity and security patterns, enable Kubernetes/operator-based database managementDrive consistency across hybrid and multi-cloud deploymentsDesired Qualifications:Experience leading platform engineering or internal developer platform initiativesExperience in financial services or regulated enterprise environmentsFamiliarity with Graph/RDF/semantic technologies, AI/ML and GraphRAG architecturesExperience with Kubernetes operators for databasesKnowledge of multi-cloud architectures and data sovereignty modelsExperience with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.)Exposure to data governance and enterprise data architecture frameworksPlatform thinking and product mindsetArchitectural leadership and systems designDeep database engineering expertiseAutomation-first mindsetCross-domain integration (infra, security, enterprise systems)Strong stakeholder management and influenceThe ideal candidate:Operates at a lead/architect level, bridging strategy and executionCan standardize and scale database services across a complex enterpriseBalances engineering rigor with usability and developer experienceProactively identifies risks, gaps, and optimization opportunitiesDrives alignment across technology, operations, and governance domainsSkills:AdaptabilityBusiness AcumenProduction SupportSolution DesignStakeholder ManagementAutomationInfluenceInnovative ThinkingSolution Delivery ProcessTechnical Strategy DevelopmentMongoDBShift:1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week: 40Pay Transparency detailsUS - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)Pay and benefits informationPay range$151,500.00 - $185,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.Discretionary incentive eligibleThis 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.BenefitsThis 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.SummaryLocation: Plano; Jersey City; CharlotteType: Full time