Job Description:Overview*Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. We are committed to attracting and retaining top talent across the globe to ensure our continued success. Along with taking care of our customers, we want to be the best place for people to work and aim at creating a work environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals.We are a part of the Global Business Services which delivers technology and operations capabilities to all Bank of America lines of business (LOB) and enterprise functions. Global Business Services also oversees the firm’s technology resourcing vendors.Our employees help our customers and clients at every stage of their financial lives, helping them connect to what matters most. This purpose defines and unites us. Every day, we are focused on delivering value, convenience, expertise and innovation for individuals, businesses and institutional investors we serve worldwide.*BA Continuum is a nonbank subsidiary of Bank of America, part of Global Business Services in the bank.Process Overview*The Global Risk Technology (GRT) team provides technology solutions to support the Chief Risk Officer, Secondary Marketing, Global Principal Investments, Corporate Treasury, and Enterprise Capital Management Organizations. The Risk technology teams calculates various risk metrics including Credit, Market and Liquidity Risk for the various LOBs within the bank, supports the Risk business to generate actionable insights and ensure that we stay within our Risk Limits. It also enables reporting of the data to various regulators and supports key regulatory mandates including Enterprise Stress Test and CCAR runs. The technology teams also support functions that manages the Bank’s capital and invests capital on behalf of the enterprise, manage earnings, liquidity and funding. It also supports the business that oversee mortgage servicing rights, pricing, hedging, trading and delivery of mortgage products.Job Description*The Global Risk Analytics Technology team is looking for a talented and highly motivated senior candidate to develop and architect GRA Core Platform, an Apache Spark based distributed analytics platform.The platform is a key enabler for our risk organization as it provides regulatory reporting for various federal and international agencies.The role is for a hands-on senior developer with distributed computing technologies experience. The role requires deep understanding of Python in order to enhance and support the model development and execution platform for Global Risk Analytics.Responsibilities*Over all 8-10 years experienceMinimum of 7-9 years of Python Dev experienceDeep understanding of Python Programming and Data StructuresExperience of working in Big Data Environment – Hadoop, Spark, PysparkExpertise in functional and object-oriented programming, specifically in PythonExperience in databases (relational/document/etc.) including NoSQL databasesStrong in Algorithms and Data StructuresExperience in writing unit tests in pytest or unittestStrong sense of ownership, urgency, and driveAble to communicate effectively both written and verbal.Able to support clients in a fast paced environment in critical situations.Able to meet all expected SLA’s.Requirements*Education* – BE/B.Tech/MCACertifications If Any – Nothing in particularExperience Range* – 8-10 yearsMandatory skills*Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skillsStrong interpersonal skills, including acting through influence, negotiation and mediation across organizational boundariesStrong technical background in information technology managementStrong process knowledge of different system development life cycles (waterfall, Agile)Experience with project and scope tracking tools, especially Atlassian JIRAStrong knowledge of testing and defect tracking tools and methodologiesAgile experience (including writing user stories)Desired Skills *Knowledge of Banking and Finance domainExperience in Python and HadoopStrong problem solving, analytical and interpersonal skillsExperience with web services development and REST interfacesWork Timings*- 11am to 8pmJob Location*- Chennai/Hyderabad