Director, Architecture

Job Description:

The Role

In this Architect role within Fidelity’s Corporate Technology Group (CTG), you are responsible for driving technology strategy and architecture across a range of new and existing capabilities. You provide leadership to the 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. 

 The Expertise and Skills You Bring 

• 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 

The Skills You Bring 

• Thought leadership in recommending strategic technology options and technology product strategy 

• Experience driving adoption of enterprise standards and standard methodologies 

• Excellent presentation, documentation, communication and influencing skills as well as skills for influencing technology direction in business context 

• A track record of critical problem solving and advanced technical troubleshooting to drive resolution to technical issues 

The Value You Deliver 

• Providing technical architecture for multiple complex projects 

• Identifying integration patterns and points between design areas across the stack (UI, security, database, etc.) 

• Identifying and championing the creation and use of common services and components 

• Making authoritative recommendations for technical issues, standards, and strategies 

• Anticipating the applicability of major industry trends in the Fidelity environment and implementing plans 

• Providing leadership to Proof of Concepts (POCs) for assessment of technical and business benefit 

The Team 

CTG provides internal enterprise-wide internal organizations like Finance, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, Risk and Security with effective and efficient technology products and ongoing solution support. To do all of this and align group structure with our business partners, we have over 900 associates in Fidelity locations across the United States, Ireland, and India. 

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.   

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home.  These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career.  Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

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