Senior Technical Manager - Enterprise Data Platform

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 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 impact 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! Job Description: This job is responsible for building and leading a team to deliver technology products and services that meet business outcomes. Key responsibilities include developing a technology strategy, ensuring technology solutions comply with applicable standards, promoting design, engineering, and organizational practices, and advocating and advancing modern, Agile solution delivery practices. Job expectations may include coaching, mentoring, providing feedback and hands on career development, identifying emerging talent, fostering leadership skills, and managing stakeholders. Position Summary The ideal candidate will demonstrate a unique blend of strategic leadership, technical acumen, and organizational influence to drive enterprise-scale technology initiatives. This role requires proven ability to lead complex programs, manage risk, and foster innovation while ensuring operational excellence. Responsibilities: Builds and manages teams by performing financial activities to inform workforce strategy and hiring practices, setting and tracking maturity and quality objectives, and training employees/teams to address feedback and achieve quality and performance objectives Facilitates performance and career development of employees/teams through performance reviews, coaching, and creating development plans that are needed to build competencies and skills Manages solution delivery and application performance in production (app health, resiliency, performance, security, enterprise data management standards, audit exams and reviews), ensuring all relevant risk, financial, and compliance policies are met Manages relationships with business and technology partners and leads and creates followership in Communities of Practice in the organization Contributes to the technology strategy for their technical domain Creates an inclusive and healthy working environment and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers Ensures that execution is aligned with product strategy by working with product management and other stakeholders Managerial Responsibilities: This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above. Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals. Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement. Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions. Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues. People Manager & Coach: Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance. Financial Steward: Actively manages expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives, making sound financial decisions. Enterprise Talent Leader: Assesses talent and builds bench strength for roles across the organization. Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating teamwork. Core Leadership Competencies Executive Engagement & Influence: Ability to maintain strong partnerships with senior leadership, lead platform reviews, and align technology initiatives with enterprise strategy. Team Development & Talent Management: Skilled in building high-performing teams, promoting leadership layers, and retaining critical subject matter expertise through strategic hiring and conversion. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Expertise in fostering synergies across programs and platforms, driving alignment between business and technology stakeholders. Technical Expertise Enterprise Data Platforms & Modernization: Deep experience in Hadoop ecosystems, Cloudera CDP upgrades, federated compute/storage architecture, and advanced data lake solutions. Infrastructure Scaling & Optimization: Proven ability to deliver creative infrastructure growth, implement secure and governed architectures, and enable self-service capabilities. Risk Management & Compliance: Strong background in vulnerability remediation) OS upgrades and automation strategies to reduce technical debt and improve efficiency. Innovation & Emerging Technologies: Track record of delivering AI/GenAI solutions, decommissioning legacy platforms, and implementing cost-efficient in-house models. Strategic Program Delivery Successful execution of large-scale application migrations, platform upgrades, and modernization initiatives supporting critical regulatory programs. Ability to secure and manage multi-million-dollar funding for technology programs, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities. Organizational Engagement Active participation in executive leadership programs and innovation councils. Commitment to diversity and inclusion through mentorship and community engagement. Leadership in associate engagement initiatives, driving recognition and cultural impact across global teams. Required Qualifications Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Impala, Hive, Hbase etc. Strong knowledge of Hadoop Architecture, HDFS, Hadoop Cluster and Hadoop Administrator's role Intimate knowledge of fully integrated AD/Kerberos authentication Experience setting up optimum cluster configurations Debugging knowledge of YARN. Hands-on with analyzing various Hadoop log files, compression, encoding, & file formats Expert level knowledge of Cloudera Hadoop components such as HDFS, Sentry, HBase, Kafka, Impala, SOLR, Hue, Spark, Hive, YARN, Zookeeper and Postgres Strong technical knowledge: Unix/Linux; Database (Sybase/SQL/Oracle), Java, Python, Perl, Shell scripting, Infrastructure. Experience in Monitoring & Alerting, and Job Scheduling Systems Being comfortable with frequent, incremental code testing and deployment Strong grasp of automation / DevOps tools – Ansible, Jenkins, SVN, Bitbucket Desired Qualifications Experience working on Big Data Technologies Cloudera Admin / Dev Certification Certification in Cloud, Docker-Container, Openshift Technologies Skills: Influence Risk Management Solution Design Stakeholder Management Technical Strategy Development Analytical Thinking Application Development Collaboration Result Orientation Solution Delivery Process Agile Practices Architecture Automation Data Management DevOps Practices Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours Per Week: 40 Pay Transparency details US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540) Pay and benefits information Pay range $135,900.00 - $220,000.00 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. Bank of America is committed to help employees through the transition period when they’re displaced as a result of a workforce reduction, realignment or similar measure. Please review the resume writing and interviewing tips provided below to help prepare you for your next career opportunity. Getting started Regardless of the position you are interested in, the starting points to building your resume are the same: 1. Determine the job or types of jobs you want to do and research their responsibilities and qualifications. 2. Think about why you can do the job and make a list of your skills that are relative to the job. 3. Identify experiences or accomplishments that show your proficiency in the skills required for the job. 4. Summarize your abilities, accomplishments and skills into a brief, concise document. Considerations when writing a resume • Do be brief. Resumes should be 1-2 pages in length. • Do be upbeat and active in your wording. • Do emphasize what you have done clearly and concretely. • Do be neat and well organized. • Do have others proofread and critique your resume. Spell check. Make it error free. • Do use high quality, white or light colored 8½ x 11 paper. Use a laser printer if possible. • Don't be dishonest, always tell the truth about yourself in the most flattering light. • Don't include salary history or requirements. • Don't include references. • Don't include accomplishments that do not support your professional goals. • Don't include anything that isn't relevant. (For example, don't mention your fondness for swimming unless you want to work on the water.) • Don't use italics, underlining, shadows or other fancy treatments. Seven steps to a successful interview 1. Anticipate –Put yourself in the interviewer's position. What do you believe the interviewer is most interested in? Why do you think you have been invited to interview? 2. Research –What are the primary functions of the line of business? What are the success factors for the job? Is there a job description available? 3. Assess –Think about your skills, abilities, knowledge, interests, traits, values and accomplishments. Match them to what you know about the job. Consider which ones you should highlight. 4. Prepare Answers –Think about what the interviewer may ask, determine what the best answer is and write it down. 5. Prepare Questions – Interviewing is a two-way street. By asking thoughtful questions, you communicate your interest and learn a lot about the job. Choose two or three questions to ask your interviewer. Avoid asking a lot of questions about vacation time or breaks. 6. Practice – It may seem awkward, but it is the best way to come across well in an interview. Practice your own "great responses" with others or in front of a mirror until you appear relaxed and at ease. 7. Follow-up – Send a brief follow-up letter to the interviewer. Keep in mind that the many job searchers will not send a follow-up letter. Sending one can become a competitive advantage. Pay Transparency - Privacy Statement -