Chief Architect

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Director, Architecture to join our team at Fidelity Investments. As a key member of our Corporate Technology Group, you will be responsible for driving technology strategy and architecture across a range of new and existing capabilities.

About the Role

In this critical position, you will provide leadership to product teams through architecture designs, adoption of emerging standards, and collaboration with key partners. You will evaluate, recommend, and help migrate current data center applications to cloud and software as a service (SaaS) as a means to drive scale, modernize infrastructure, and optimize cost in support of our enterprise-wide Firm Foundations Cloud program.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical architecture for multiple complex projects
• Identify integration patterns and points between design areas across the stack (UI, security, database, etc.)
• Identify and champion the creation and use of common services and components
• Make authoritative recommendations for technical issues, standards, and strategies
• Anticipate the applicability of major industry trends in the Fidelity environment and implement plans
• Provide leadership to Proof of Concepts (POCs) for assessment of technical and business benefit

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in a technology related field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, etc.) required
• 10+ years of technology experience with 5+ years of experience as an architect required
• Proven leadership skills, demonstrated ability to influence, and partner with product/application teams, peer architects, and partner organizations in technology evaluation, selection, recommendation, and configuration
• Experience in proposing blueprints and roadmaps, and collaboratively defining solutions and their enabling architectures
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with product managers, architects and technical leads for individual products and applications
• Ability to drive solutions architecture design and ownership and articulate architecture solution options to the product owners and architecture leadership
• Nice to have experience in GRC
• Experience in AWS services technologies and practices, building applications using services such as AWS EC2, S3, SQS, Lambda, Cloud Formation. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional preferred
• Demonstrated SaaS and IaaS design and implementation experience, including properly handling confidential and highly confidential data
• A well-grounded knowledge of engineering and continuous integration & delivery CI/CD practices
• Experience with build containers-based systems: Architecture, implementation and managing orchestration platform such as: Kubernetes, Docker, EKS
• Deep understanding of well architected framework implementation in Enterprise: Operation Excellent, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency and Cost optimization

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary range: $103,000-$218,000 per year
• Bonus or other variable compensation
• Comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
• Market-leading retirement
• Generous paid time off and parental leave
• Charitable giving employee match program
• Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career

About Fidelity Investments

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.

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, 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.

blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.

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,, 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.

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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.

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