Mainframe Automation Engineer jobs at Bank Of America in United States, Richmond

Job Description:

Job Description:
This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.

Experienced full stack .NET developer with C#, MVC, MS SQL server. To work on application modernization efforts including containerization, .NET core and React implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained
• Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack
• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• Automates manual release activities
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)

Required Qualifications:

• Prefer full stack
• ASP.NET, C#, MVC, HTML/CSS, SQL Server, LINQ, Entity Framework, REST, JSON
• Visual Studio 2017 (or later), Team Foundation Server, SQL Server Management Studio
• RESTful web services
• Kendo UI (React JS is a nice to have)
• Aspose.NET
• HangFire.io
• Experience working in Agile-scrum environment
• Object Orientated design/coding
• Strong SQL skills – stored procedures, views, data modelling

Desired Qualifications:

• React
• .NET Core

Skills:

• Application Development
• Automation
• Influence
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Architecture
• Business Acumen
• DevOps Practices
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Data Management
• Risk Management
• Test Engineering

Job Description:

Job Description:

This job is responsible for defining the engineering approach within an end-to-end technology stack. This job will align to a technical domain but acts as contributor to multiple cross functional teams. Key responsibilities include engaging in development and production environments to identify and improve performance/capacity issues and creating and ensuring system design technology solutions comply with enterprise standards. Job expectations include providing and contributing to improvements in solution design, testing, and delivery practices.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in solution-driven discussions, such as various Communities of Practice (COPs), contributes to the design of large or highly complex architectural designs, and finds creative solutions through their knowledge of the domain and operational constraints
• Produces detailed designs of infrastructure and application architecture components
• Ensures that execution aligns with product strategy by working with product management, product owners, and other stakeholders, contributing to the technology strategy for their technical domain
• Collaborates with Development and Infrastructure teams to understand technical solutions and provide the performance capabilities required in the application across the technology stack put forward by Solution Engineer Lead
• Mentors and guides more junior Engineers ensuring system design technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Innovative Thinking
• Solution Delivery Process
• Solution Design
• Architecture
• Automation
• Influence
• Risk Management
• Technical Strategy Development
• Adaptability
• Application Development
• Business Acumen
• DevOps Practices
• Production Support

This job is responsible for working on the least complex technical designs that enable business strategies in accordance with architectural governance, standards and policies. This job facilitates deployment of technical solution by developing templates, playbooks, and automation used during implementation and consistently looking for opportunities to improve the reliability and efficiency of implementing services. Job expectations include embracing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Provides subject matter expertise and consulting services on a range of technologies, contributing to the technology strategy for end-to-end engineering solutions and providing feedback to the architecture teams
• Follows reference models, blueprints and playbooks to ensure the design is compliant
• Assists in translating business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies
• Assists Technical Analysts by ensuring system design technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
• Develops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
• Supports an inclusive and healthy working environment
• The System Automation technical team (LSA) supports the IBM System Automation Z/OS, Automation NETVIEW and GDPS-CA tool set and tasks and their associated automation process, programming and policy database. a higher-level understanding of Mainframe System Automation and Mainframe operations. Responsibilities include configuration, maintenance, and support of IBM System Automation for ZOS, GDPS-CA technology . A complex understanding of REXX programming and Pipes Programming experience are required. Must requires minimum to no supervision and work as a team member. Write and maintain documentation and perform other duties as necessary. Demonstrate technical leadership and provide technical knowledge and capabilities as a team member and individual contributor. Develop programs in languages such REXX, PIPES for Automation initiatives. Must be able to communicate across differing audiences including technical, managerial and vendors. Can develop technical solution requirements and lead individual or small team initiatives when required. Participate in On call Support .

Required Qualifications

• Candidate must have a minimum of 7 years’ experience with Mainframe z/OS operating system anda higher-level understanding of Mainframe System Automation and Mainframe operations
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables with various time and date deliveries
• Working Mainframe REXX programming experience. Solid understanding of PIPES.
• Solid Experience of IBM System Automation ZOS.
• Ability to write and maintain documentation.
• Mainframe z/OS, JCL, TSO, ISPF knowledge
• Ability to work closely with clients to automate processes to solve client issues.
• Deep knowledge of IBM Utilities i.e. IEBCOPY, IEBGENER, etc.
• Good communication skills, both written and oral are required as the individual must interface with system programmers, application developers, support teams, software vendors and management staff.

Desired Qualifications:

• Release/Change Tools
• Desired Qualifications
• Release/Change Tools

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Application Development
• Automation
• Production Support
• Risk Management
• Adaptability
• Architecture
• DevOps Practices
• Solution Delivery Process
• Solution Design
• Business Acumen
• Innovative Thinking
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Strategy Development

Job Description:

The role of the Monitoring Engineer is to provide engineering services to support the evolution of the Monitoring toolset. The work is always in alignment to the current and approved architectural, roadmaps, technology standards and templates, governance and change management policies set forth by the firm.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain a scalable and reliable fault and configuration management platform, resulting in improved system performance and reduced downtime
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to assess current infrastructure and identify opportunities for optimization and improved system resilience
• Assist with Audit deliverables for Network Toolset
• Work with vendors to enhance their respective tools to meet new customer/security requirements
• Develop integrations for the various Network Tools
• Identify gaps in current systems and processes and recommend appropriate solutions
• Develop detailed documentation including process flows, use cases, and technical designs
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in Networks or System Tools Engineering
• Strong knowledge of system and networking concepts​
• Experience in deploying Network Management tools, such as Netcool Omnibus, Netcool Impact, Network Manager, SevONE, Forward Networks in high-availability environments
• Configuration of Network discovery across multi-region environment
• Functional knowledge of Network components such as switches, routers, firewalls, proxies, load balancers etc. Understanding of inter-dependencies of various network components
• Experience working with networking protocols such as BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, VLAN, VXLAN, etc
• Linux/Unix Server Administration​

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, related field and or technical training
• Self-starter, self-directed and shows initiative
• Focused on execution, delivery, and commitment to dates
• Skills in Scripting desired; Python, Ansible, Shell, JavaScript
• Familiarity with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process and Agile Project delivery
• Sound engineering foundation with network and systems troubleshooting skills
• Working knowledge of Active Directory
• Can tie strategy and actions to business impact and results
• Demonstrates ownership: Is accountable and can hold others accountable (professionally)
• Strong written and verbal communications skills. Ability to communicate and influence upward as well as laterally
• Organized and detail oriented; must have a strong technical acumen
• Ability to partner with others for the good of the initiative
• Experience in various Fault Monitoring and Configuration Management tooling vendors including but not limited to IBM, SevONE, Forward Networks, SPLUNK, as well as equipment manufacturers such as Cisco, Aruba, Cloudgenix, Fortinet
• Financial services (Insurance, Banking, Investment banking)

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Production Support
• DevOps Practices
• Solution Design
• Collaboration
• Innovative Thinking

Job Description:

This job is responsible for working on complex technical designs that AAA policy compliance in accordance with architectural governance, standards and policies. This job facilitates deployment of technical solution by developing processes to implement and then implementing changes. The work is always in alignment to the current and approved architectural, roadmaps, technology standards and templates, process, governance and change management policies set forth by the firm. AAA is part of the control for wired, wireless, device access and re, mote users. Ability to work as part of a team as well as individually depending on project. While the role primarily has an implementation and validation engineering focus, a strong understanding of AAA policy, posture, protocols and cluster deployment and maintenance concepts are required. They also need to forecast the delivery and track of multi-phase work against change and release calendar(s). They need to fully understand and adhere to the bank change processes.

This position will interface directly with internal and external customers/suppliers/providers, Architecture, Product Engineering, Design/Implementation engineering, Change, Service and Product Management, finance and business management and Operations teams. Interface with various levels of senior management. Strong written, verbal and presentation skills are a must. The candidate must be able to work on their own and successfully in team settings in various sizes and locations. Adherence and use of standards, product sets, templates, systems, and artifacts are important to the success change, the department and the firm at large.

Familiarity with working in regulated and/or large global enterprises is a plus.

Key Technology areas of focus for the role include:

Clearpass, Stealthwatch, ICE, AAA, SPLUNK, load balancing, Excel, MS Project, captive portals, NA3RC, automation, network configuration, automation, certificates, cluster build, upgrade and configuration.

Responsibilities:

• Attends Project Meetings as needed.
• Creates change documents and changes
• Scheduling of the changes with the assigned engineer
• Representing change records (CRQs) on various calls
• Representing on regional pre-CAB Weekly
• Socializing changes to the other peer teams regionally so they can represent changes in region.
• Following up with Testers / Testing Coordination for all Changes
• Ensuring Peer Reviews are attached to CRQs / Chasing Approvals
• AAA weekly internal change calls – weekly
• Attends various change review calls
• Reviews test plans and results, ability to assist in driving to root cause
• Collaborate with other internal/external Bank teams such as Operations, Engineering, and requestors on core design requirements/standards and risk assessment
• Leverage designated tools and resources to create NCDs that will drive implementation during a pre-approved change window as necessary
• Ensure initiatives\changes are well defined with success criteria, ownership, and realistic but firm schedules
• Ensures change documents are peer reviewed are approved
• Coordinates with other teams for change knowledge transfer
• Rehearse changes in the lab
• Works during weekends to implement changes. Low risk changes can be performed during the week
• Ensures no risks are associated to the change
• Ensures changes are user acceptance tested and authentication logs are successful after post implementation
• Will need extensive knowledge on AAA, ISE and Clearpass environments
• Works with release managers to create changes
• Coordinates with vendors during changes if devices need to be swapped or any type of datacenter local onsite support is needed
• Validates changes via working with users as part of user acceptance testing
• Validates changes via creation and implementation of test plans (manual and automated)
• Validates changes via verification of logs and test results
• Building, updating and sending Change Communication templates for the weekends changes
• Update Schedule as changes are completed and new work orders are added
• Run change bridges and handling the CRQ communications as needed
• Create work orders and other requests to engage Blackbox and device, firewall and IP services updates

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience required in Technical role supporting network project/programs
• Strong subject matter expertise across various enterprise identity authentication technologies ranging from AAA (RADIUS/TACACS), 802.1X technologies (Wired/Wireless), RSA and token-based systems
• Experience with Aruba ClearPass Policy Server or Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
• Experience with Network Access Control (NAC) 802.1X for Wired and Wireless networks
• Experience working with SSL Certificate Authorities, and certificate management
• Strong experience and detailed technical knowledge in security engineering, system and network security, authentication and authorization protocols, cryptography, and application security, load balancing
• Experience with tools such as Splunk, Excel, ideally experience in automation
• Expert understanding of network protocols TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, TLS, 802.1.X, etc.
• Experience with Change Management and CAB processes and procedures
• Leadership: be a self-starter, self-directed and shows initiative
• Focused on execution, delivery, and commitment to dates. Ability to work in a high paced environment. Can manage risk; is a good decision maker. Understands the big picture; can relate to the firm’s strategy and actions and how they support our business result
• Demonstrates ownership: Is accountable and influential/can hold others accountable (professionally)
• Strong written and verbal communications skills. Ability to communicate and influence upward as well as laterally
• Organized and detail oriented

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with testing and change validation, root cause analysis, risk mitigation, security assessments, analysis of security threats, trends and architectural
• Experience with Remote Access (VPN posture) is preferred
• Experience with Secure Cloud Analytics (Stealthwatch) is preferred

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Automation
• Risk Management
• Architecture
• DevOps Practices
• Solution Delivery Process
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development