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Principal Systems Analyst
Fidelity Investments - Durham, NC
Job Description:

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Systems Analyst to join our Information Technology team. This role is pivotal for individuals who excel in problem solving, analyzing complex systems, planning strategic initiatives, and ensuring the seamless integration of systems and operations within cloud environments. The ideal candidate will bring a deep analytical mindset, exceptional planning capabilities, focusing on data management, producer/consumer platforms, integrations amongst various Systems, API platforms.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Perform in-depth analysis of systems/products to aid in a large-scale technology migration program.
- Lead efforts with technology, architecture, and leadership to help drive overall systems analysis with future vision considering enterprise standards and requirements.
- Lead Strategic efforts with various stakeholders during various phases of SDLC
- Engage in collaborative planning with various stakeholders to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Lead and work across teams through strategic involvement to perform analysis considering feasibility studies, risk assessment, dependencies, integration points, amongst various systems/subsystems which can comprise of Producers, Consumers, APIs, Data across Businesses to help drive outcomes.
- Develop comprehensive documentation of Systems architecture, operational workflows, ensuring clarity and accessibility for all stakeholders.
- Ability to refine high level business requirement to technical blueprint.
- Lead and facilitate knowledge sharing sessions on Capabilities and functions, data management practices, and cloud strategies to enhance team capabilities and readiness.
- Evaluate and recommend tools and methodologies for efficient analysis and documentation.
- Collaborate in establishing and governing Standards for efficient and effective analysis.

Essential Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 10+ years of professional experience in systems analysis, with expertise in APIs, Data, and distributed Application ecosystem.
- Proven track record in conducting complex system analysis, identifying key areas for improvement, and planning system enhancements or migrations.
- Strong understanding of data management, data analysis concepts, including proficiency in SQL, Stored procedures, Databases etc
- Exceptional analytical, strategic planning, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex technical challenges into actionable plans.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, adept at working with cross-functional teams and articulating technical concepts to a varied audience.
- Knowledge of cloud computing platforms, with a focus on AWS, including familiarity with cloud migration strategies and tools.
- Knowledge of Capability modeling, to align with the enterprise blueprint.
- Strong technical writing, story writing and documentation using various tools.
- Fundamental understanding of technical architecture of n-tier systems, and may have direct experience working on developer tooling, APIs, Data, SDKs, and application ecosystems.
- Familiarity with integration testing, and observability tools such as Datadog and Splunk.
- Impactful communication and presentation skills, both to influence and educate business partners.

Desirable Skills:

- Professional certifications in AWS Cloud Solutions, or Project Management.
- Knowledge of IBM Mainframe is a plus.
- Experience in leading or contributing to cloud migration projects.
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements, ensuring adherence to industry standards.
- Experience in Financial Services institutions.

The Team

Fidelity Wealth teams provide direction and implementation to the experiences that enable our Retail customers to be financially successful. Your work, as part of the team, enables functionality developed throughout the firm to reach these customers and create the high-value interactions that will keep them coming back. As part of the team, you will be able to impact the speed, efficacy, and scale of the solutions that will serve these customers through forward-looking analysis and design.

You will be able to leverage your thought leadership, contributing to the overall vision of Capabilities in our organization.

Company Overview

At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associate for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.

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Information Technology

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).