The Programme

Our Business:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s strategic vision is to deliver market-leading technology that drives our business forward and meets the needs of our clients. Our business-aligned technology teams develop and support the software platforms critical to that goal. These cover the full spectrum of our business including sales, trading and research applications, trade processing, risk management and portfolio management.

In order to maintain our competitive edge and deliver the best solutions to our global client base, we continually invest in cutting-edge technology. This includes the development of programs and applications that allow you to work with the latest technologies and some of the most highly regarded technologists in the industry. The global nature of our business offers you the opportunity to travel, work and interact with colleagues from around the world, supporting an expanding product range and high level of global demand.

Overview:

The Technology Analyst Program is a global program designed to provide candidates with an opportunity to work with experienced technology professionals and prepare for a career in the bank's Technology division. The Program not only provides program management support, but also structured learning events, training, and networking opportunities.

What you will do

The learning curriculum focuses on business, technical and soft skills. In the Technology Analyst Program, you will:

Work closely with colleagues throughout our company to build relationships
Gain the knowledge and expertise to meet the challenges critical to building a technology career within the financial services industry
Collaborate on exciting global projects that contribute to business success and next-generation advances

Technology Opportunities:

The Technology Analyst Program offers development and non-development roles in the following areas (depending on business need).

Global Markets Technology & Operations division provides technology and operations solutions and support for the equities, electronic trading, rates and currencies, credit and structured products, commodities, sales and capital markets, and research businesses. As an analyst, you will be exposed to a broad range of technologies covering many diverse environments with the opportunity to work across all aspects of the software development lifecycle.

Join a development technology team that will challenge you to deliver and input solutions, creating or extending one of the many in-house software applications. These operate complex trading systems using languages such as Java, C++, .NET and Python to power and improve our business. In today’s market it is technology that turns trading strategy into a trading profit, putting us ahead of our competitors.

Global Wholesale Banking Technology comprises technology functions for corporate, commercial and investment banking clients across the globe. The services provided by GWBT include implementation and servicing of credit, depository and corporate treasury products and commercial card capabilities; trade finance; processing of payments such as lockbox; and technology development, delivery and support.

As an analyst, your responsibilities will range from developing treasury applications for corporate and investment banking clients, working with the delivery teams in ensuring smooth implementation of projects, working with regional and global business partners to gather and analyze requirements for the features and applications to be made available to our clients.

Global Information Security is responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s client data, information systems and assets. The team designs cyber-security solutions to prevent unauthorized access and to detect cyber threats and incidents to Bank of America Merrill Lynch systems. Where other technical teams at the company are responsible for building and maintaining applications, this group is responsible for protecting them.

As an Information Security Analyst, you will be part of cyber security operations team (who is responsible for application and infrastructure security, cyber incident response, forensics investigation, etc), risk governance and consulting team, or access management team, working with our cyber security experts, technology partners and other stakeholders to protect the bank and keep our information safe from internal and external threats.

Chief Technology Organization meets the needs of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s clients and employees by working alongside development technology teams to design, implement and support cutting-edge applications and infrastructure. Our CTO teams provide tools, applications and services such as network, compute capacity, enterprise storage and databases used to host trading applications, payment systems, mobile applications and other end-user applications.

As an analyst, your day to day tasks would range from the design of infrastructure used by multiple lines of business, to supporting the design and implementation of our next generation data-centres or developing mobile solutions to enable our employees to work effectively in geographically diverse locations. Your role will give you the opportunity to take responsibility for the deployment and support of core infrastructure that underpins the company’s daily operations.

Required Skills and Abilities

Education:

Final year undergraduate/master student
Outstanding academic achievement
Major in computer engineering, computer science, information systems or related area

Required skills and abilities:

Strong quantitative and analytical skills
Effective verbal and written communication
Being comfortable with change and adjust to changing demands and requirements
Strong team player and client focused
Demonstrate energy and drive
Show a keen interest and passion in Computing and Technology
For Development roles: Strong programming foundation in OOP and knowledge of platforms such as UNIX, Windows, databases, Java, C, C++, C#, .NET and other technologies

Applications close on 29 September 2017