Job Description

Job Title: Senior Automation Platform Engineer

Corporate Title: Up to Senior Vice President

Location: Dublin

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 a diverse and 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.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Location Overview:

Overlooking the spectacular Iveagh Gardens with access to all amenities in the beating heart of central Dublin is our Park Place office. Travel options include the LUAS, Dublin Bus networks as well as the Dublin Bikes station, positioned just outside our front doors. As part of our commitment to supporting staff travel to and from work in the most sustainable way possible, we also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package which means getting to work has never been easier.

We are seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Automation Engineering Leader to head the development, governance, and strategic direction of the automation platforms across a federated enterprise ecosystem in Bank of America. This leadership role involves managing a team of automation engineers and driving the adoption of scalable automation platforms including Ansible Automation Platform, Cutover, and TrueSight Orchestrator.

The successful candidate will possess deep technical expertise in enterprise automation tools, Unix/Linux systems, and orchestration platforms, along with strong people management and cross-functional collaboration skills. This role is pivotal in shaping the automation strategy, ensuring consistency, security, and compliance across distributed teams.

Responsibilities:

Automation SDLC & Governance:

• Design and implement SDLC processes for managing automation content across distributed teams.
• Develop controls and standards for shared automation catalogues, ensuring reusability and compliance.
• Lead conversion of legacy scripts (BladeLogic/TSSA) into modern automation workflows using Ansible, Cutover, and TrueSight Orchestrator.

Platform Engineering & Integration:

• Architect and maintain automation frameworks including shutdown/startup orchestration and dashboard integrations.
• Enhance system security posture through automation and engineering improvements.
• Integrate automation with enterprise tools such as ServiceNow, Remedy, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide leadership and guidance for teams implementing automation of key infrastructure management processes such as automated patching and configuration

Team Leadership & Strategic Direction:

• Lead and mentor a global team of automation engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Provide input on staffing, budgeting, and strategic direction of automation programs.
• Serve as a senior technical architect and thought leader in automation engineering.
• Influence and guide activities of cross-functional teams involved in automation

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing global technical teams and driving enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Extensive number of years of Unix/Linux systems administration and scripting (Shell, Python, YAML, XML, Perl).
• Proven experience with Ansible Automation Platform in enterprise environments (experience with other platforms such as Cutover, TrueSight Orchestrator, and Bladelogic is desirable).
• Understanding of databases and PL/SQL programming.
• Proven experience in automation content lifecycle management and federated development models.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including ability to engage senior leadership.
• Organizational and analytical skills; ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Experience in license compliance modelling and infrastructure asset analysis.

Skills that will help:

• Experience with BMC TSSA/BladeLogic, SQL, and other infrastructure automation tools.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow, Remedy, Terraform and Windows scripting.
• Prior experience in financial services or regulated industries.
• Experience developing user-facing dashboards and automation analytics.

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

Ireland

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons

• 20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice and the bank will match your contribution

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, membership of the Traveller community, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, civil status, socio-economic background, family status or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.