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The Senior Security Architect serves as a lead technical architect for strategic Security Operations & Threat Response initiatives. The role defines future-state architecture, drives technology modernization, and ensures integration across security platforms. It also develops security strategy and architecture standards, aligns security capabilities, leads governance and technical reviews, designs secure integrations, and evaluates emerging technologies, including AI-driven security operations.
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Senior Security Architect - Security Operations & Threat Response (SOTR)
Denver, Colorado;Washington, District of Columbia; Chicago, Illinois
To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.
Bank of America employees are required to meet all posting eligibility requirements prior to applying for any new position.
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To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.
Bank of America employees are required to meet all posting eligibility requirements prior to applying for any new position.
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:
The Senior Security Architect serves as one of the lead technical architects for strategic Security Operations & Threat Response initiatives and is responsible for defining future-state architecture, driving technology modernization, and ensuring integration across security platforms.
Responsibilities:
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Define target-state architecture and long-term security strategy.
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Develop architecture standards, integration patterns, and roadmaps.
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Drive alignment across detection, investigation, automation, and threat intelligence capabilities.
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Lead architecture governance and technical reviews.
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Design secure integrations across cybersecurity and cloud platforms.
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Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-driven security operations.
Required Qualifications:
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10+ years of cybersecurity, security engineering, or enterprise architecture experience.
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5+ years designing or leading Security Operations technologies.
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Deep expertise in SIEM, SOAR, Threat Intelligence, ServiceNow, Detection Engineering, or Incident Response technologies.
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Strong cloud security architecture experience with AWS and Azure.
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Experience designing API-driven integrations and distributed systems.
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Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and security controls.
Desired Qualifications:
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Experience in a large financial institution or highly regulated environment.
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Experience supporting SOC, Threat Management, Detection Engineering, or Incident Response teams.
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Knowledge of AI-driven security operations and response automation.
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Experience with threat intelligence, attack simulation, and exposure management.
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CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, TOGAF, AWS Security Specialty, or Azure Security Engineer certifications.
Skills:
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Analytical Thinking
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Architecture
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Result Orientation
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Solution Design
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Technical Strategy Development
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Application Development
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Collaboration
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Data Management
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DevOps Practices
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Risk Management
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Agile Practices
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Automation
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Influence
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Solution Delivery Process
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Test Engineering
This job will be open and accepting applications for a minimum of seven days from the date it was posted.
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.
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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. Should you be offered a role with Bank of America, your hiring manager will provide you with information on the in-office expectations associated with your role. These expectations are subject to change at any time and at the sole discretion of the Company. To the extent you have a disability or sincerely held religious belief for which you believe you need a reasonable accommodation from this requirement, you must seek an accommodation through the Bank’s required accommodation request process before your first day of work.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,380 open Security Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$143–230K/yr1,186 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 17 open Security Architect jobs in Washington, D.C. and 1,380 across the US. 17% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Old Dominion Freight Line192 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Security Architect postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (1,216 postings).
- Education
- 358 of the 1,380 open Security Architect jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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