Position Description: 

Builds solutions that help drive asset growth and client retention through use of advanced analytics and an integrated sales and servicing CRM platform. Uses file transfer, shared databases, and Application Program Interfaces (APIs) to develop application or system integration. Designs, develops, and deploys applications on Amazon Web Services and Azure platforms. Uses SalesForce or comparable products that support Customer Relationship Management solutions. Maintains detailed documentation of the application architecture, design decisions, and any changes made during the development process using LeanIX tool, DrawIO, and Jira Confluence. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

Designs service-oriented architectures incorporating both functional and non-functional requirements.  

Performs architecture reviews and making decisions over technical designs, standards, and strategies related to cloud-based distribution systems.  

Translates and incorporates business vision and strategy to architectural strategy recommendations at the functional level.  

Provides guidance, training, and coaching to team members for performance and career development and identifying and planning for future resource needs.  

Designs, develops and modifies complex and major software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design. 

Develops and directs software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.  

Collaborates with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.  

Creates comprehensive application design documents. Incorporates security best practices into the application architecture.  

Identities and addresses potential vulnerabilities, ensuring data protection and compliance with security standards. 

Education and Experience: 

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Architecture (or closely related occupation) performing data warehousing and analytics in a financial services environment.  

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Architecture (or closely related occupation) performing data warehousing and analytics in a financial services environment. 

Skills and Knowledge:  

Candidate must also possess: 

Demonstrated Expertise (DE) implementing multi-tier SaaS and on-prem enterprise systems and building by using reusable custom business-critical thin and thick client applications and extensible software modules or ‘bolt-ons’ to extend or overcome the limitation of the implemented platform, and create new business applications using open-source technologies -- Angular, Typescript, HTML5, WPF, and C# -- according to various design patterns -- Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control, Model-view-view model (MVVM); and implementing of ERP the object design patterns viz. Factory Pattern, Singleton pattern, and Decorator Pattern.  

DE supporting enterprise applications (both COTS and custom built) through their lifecycles including integrations via Middleware and APIs -- analysis, design, development, test, and deployment -- in platforms -- MS Azure/Amazon Web Services (AWS), leveraging Application Lifecycle Management Tools (Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, and Artifactory), API Development Tools (Swagger/Postman), and Continuous Integration/Deployment Pipelines (ArgoCD, uDeploy, and Concourse).  

DE defining the direction for a product portfolio; and creating yearly delivery roadmaps to provide an execution plan for software development teams and a strategic guide for stakeholders.  

DE participating and implementing all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and delivering innovative software solutions according to Agile methodologies, security requirements, and soft-ware development best practices, using Git, Stash, Confluence, and JIRA. 

Salary: $173,500.00 - $183,500.00/year  

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.