Cable Design Engineer

Position Overview

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better and driven by Responsible Growth. We are devoted to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, offering flexibility and competitive benefits to support our teammates’ overall well‐being. Working at Bank of America provides opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.

The RCDD Cable Design Engineer is accountable for designing and engineering structured cabling solutions, technology room/raised floor areas, backbone/riser, and lateral distribution systems. This role involves developing estimates, standards, design documents, budgets, and ensuring quality throughout the project lifecycle while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders globally.

Schedule: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 40

Key Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and solutions aligned to business requirements using standardized templates, systems, and artifacts.
• Create and communicate structured cabling standards to partners, stakeholders, and lines of business.
• Participate in project-related interviews and discovery sessions with lines of business and technology design teams.
• Translate business requirements into functional technology requirements.
• Liaise with third parties to develop optimal solutions and ratify designs.
• Interface with GC, MEP Engineering, and Architectural firms.
• Oversee Communications Construction Management (CCM) and provide direction for cabling contractor activities.
• Participate in all aspects of the infrastructure acceptance process and support technology project managers during infrastructure adoption.
• Ensure quality assurance throughout the end-to-end project lifecycle, including budget creation, detailed design, testing, certification, risk assessment, and validation plans.
• Adhere to department policies concerning asset tracking, inventories, chargeback, documentation, and related systems.
• Collaborate flexibly across different time zones, including working varied hours and weekends when required.
• Participate in establishing technical testing criteria in line with industry best practices.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 15 years' experience creating structured cabling solutions, designs, and standards in a data center environment, with commercial infrastructure (tenant fit-out) experience desirable.
• Strong background in an IT service delivery role including engineering support for projects.
• Experience with multi-vendor solutions across various infrastructure systems and manufacturers, primarily Corning and CommScope.
• Experience in the design and/or implementation of major IT projects.
• Familiarity with hierarchical network design strategies (e.g., WAN, CORE, AGGREGATION, etc.).
• Knowledge of ISO/IEC, CENELEC, and BICSI structured cabling standards and their implementation across various regions (US, CALA, EMEA, Asia Pac).
• Ability to modify designs to meet customer-driven requirements and address unique installation challenges.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and the Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook.
• Possession of RCDD certification.
• Willingness to travel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, a related field, or equivalent technical training.
• Management experience.
• Knowledge of Audio Visual and Security infrastructure cabling, systems, and distribution.
• Proficiency in additional languages.
• Familiarity with Visio.
• Experience in process re-engineering efforts (e.g., ITIL, Six Sigma, MOF/MSF).

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive benefits package designed to support physical, emotional, and financial well-being.