Senior Engineer - GBS IND

Senior Engineer - GBS IND

Job Description:

About Us

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!

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations.

Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence and innovation.

In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.

Process Overview*

DWBDRT (Deposits, Wealth Banking and Deals & Rewards) & SIDS (Shared Integration & Data Services) Technology team is responsible for all Retail, Preferred and GWIM products catering to Retail and Preferred customers and GWIM clients. The products includes  Debit & Credit Cards for Retail as well as Small Business customers, Deposits, Consumer Lending and Client Underwriting (including Vehicle Loans and Home Loans), Investment Products for GWIM and US Trust clients and Retirement products for Institutions. This team performs application development, testing (functional and automation), design/architecture and business analysis functions to deliver the technology solutions through robust and scalable application platforms developed on various technologies such as mainframe, IMS DB/DC, CICS,API ,DB2.

Deposits Technology  team provides application development & Maintenances, Environment support and application Governance activities for deposit applications along with deep involvement in upcoming modernization efforts for the legacy applications and platforms.

 

Job Description*

Looking for an experienced Software Engineer – Mainframe Technology with strong technical expertise in legacy/mainframe platforms and good understanding of Banking Deposits portfolio and Systematics applications such as IMPACS and ST who will be primarily responsible for design and development of Solutions for ongoing initiatives as a part of Scrum Team, Work closely with Scrum Master and Product Owner to understand the use cases and stories, implement the code, test it and support the implementation to Production. Actively participate in all the scrum routines and discussions.  Responsible for bringing the subject matter expertise to identify the initiative/change impact and interface with other dependent teams or applications to implement the solutions to production. The role requires a hands-on technologist who can contribute to application development, production stability, technical analysis and modernization of critical Deposits platforms. The candidate should combine strong mainframe fundamentals with a keen interest in modernization, automation, basic Java ,Python knowledge, APIs, cloud/container technologies and AI-assisted engineering.

Responsibilities*

• Design, develop, test, document, and implement technology solutions for business initiatives as part of an Agile Scrum team, supporting solutions through successful production implementation.
• Partner with the Product Owner, Scrum Master, architects, developers, testers, and LOB stakeholders to understand requirements, translate user stories into technical solutions, and actively participate in Scrum ceremonies and technical discussions.
• Apply Mainframe and Deposits domain expertise to perform impact analysis, understand application and interface dependencies, and coordinate with dependent teams for end-to-end delivery.
• Build a deep understanding of the Deposits domain and critical applications, identifying technical challenges, improvement opportunities, and potential impacts of proposed changes.
• Serve as a proficient hands-on technical resource, taking ownership of solutions from design through implementation and production support, with minimal oversight.
• Contribute to production stability, problem resolution, application maintainability, and continuous improvement of business-critical/UCAL applications.
• Ensure solutions adhere to applicable enterprise technology standards, development practices, internal processes, policies, and controls.
• Demonstrate a strong modernization mindset, identifying opportunities to simplify legacy solutions, automate engineering activities, and improve developer productivity.
• Build and apply working knowledge of Java, Python, APIs, cloud/container technologies, automation, and AI-assisted engineering to support the evolution and modernization of Mainframe/Deposits platforms.

Requirements*

 

Education*

BE / MCA /M.Tech  

Certifications if any: NA

Experience Range*

15+ Yrs

 Foundational skills*

• Strong hands-on experience in COBOL, JCL, CICS and DB2 and/or VSAM.
• Good understanding of Systematics Deposits applications, preferably IMPACS and ST.
• Strong knowledge of mainframe batch and online processing environments.
• Good understanding of banking Deposits products , applications and transaction processing across various Deposits applications.
• Experience in application analysis, debugging, incident resolution and production support.
• Ability to analyze complex legacy code, system interfaces, dependencies and data flows.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Exposure to mainframe modernization or transformation programs.
• Understanding of Java/Spring Boot, REST APIs and microservices architecture.
• Exposure to Git, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps and automated unit/regression testing.
• Knowledge of containers/cloud-native technologies such as Docker/Kubernetes or OpenShift is advantageous.
• Interest or hands-on exposure to GenAI/Copilot for code discovery, documentation, test generation, code conversion or developer productivity.
• Ability to bridge legacy mainframe knowledge with modern engineering approaches.

 

Desired skills

• Exposure to mainframe modernization or transformation programs.
• Understanding of Java/Spring Boot, REST APIs and microservices architecture.
• Exposure to Git, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps and automated unit/regression testing.
• Knowledge of containers/cloud-native technologies such as Docker/Kubernetes or OpenShift is advantageous.
• Interest or hands-on exposure to GenAI/Copilot for code discovery, documentation, test generation, code conversion or developer productivity.
• Ability to bridge legacy mainframe knowledge with modern engineering approaches.

 

Work Timings: 11.30 AM to 8.30 PM IST (Need to flexible as per business need)

Job Location : Chennai

Experience Level

Senior Level