Principal Systems Analyst

Job Description:

The Role

The Fidelity Institutional Technology group is looking for a highly motivated systems analyst to be part of its diverse, globally distributed team of IT professionals responsible for the development and maintenance of Fidelity Institutional’s Business Process Management system.
 

The primary focus of this position will entail analysis and support of the BPM application as it modernizes its tech stack and migrates to the cloud (AWS).

A successful systems analyst will be a key member of an agile delivery squad but is also involved in solutioning with our Squad Leads / Product Owners to gather & document business requirements, helping with current state analysis of our systems, helping define our technology solution, and partnering with QA in test case preparation. The role requires great collaboration with members of various business and IT groups throughout the life cycle of a project.
 

The Expertise and Skills You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Business, Finance, Information Technology, or Management Information Systems
• 8-10 years of total engineering and systems analysis experience
• Moderate to advanced analysis expertise of end-to-end processes within a Web application environment, leveraging tools and techniques for presenting and analyzing data including, Rest API technologies, SQL, Spring Boot, JSON, Java, using tools such as Postman/Insomnia and SQL.
• The ability to examine and analyze existing IT systems and business and data models to identify requirements with the ability to articulate business problems / requirements / solutions in technology terms and vice versa.
• Proven expertise with solution design of new systems based on requirements.
• Proven expertise in system assessments methodologies and techniques, including data analysis, use case development, story writing, testing, and product documentation.
• Communicates with stakeholders on a regular basis and manages expectations of internal and external stakeholders.
• A self-starter and excellent team member who is independent, collaborative, and can work with minimum supervision.
• A highly curious and motivated learner with strong problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; Communicates clearly, concisely, and impactfully to influence others.
• Approaches work with an open mind and sense of creativity by challenging current practices and recommending improvements.
• Ability to navigate through ambiguous circumstances and demonstrate flexibility and adaptability.
• Growth mentality with a passion for continuous learning and development.
• Experience within the financial services industry (especially Brokerage & Managed Accounts) is a plus.
   

The Value You Deliver

• Collaborate with multiple other Agile teams (Scaled Agile) to lead dependencies and scope.
• Work with business and technology partners to define the scope of problems/issues, in terms of business and/or system requirements and processes.
• Work with Agile team to develop user stories, acceptance criteria, and story maps.
• Participate in backlog refinement sessions. Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable, requirements/user stories. Collaborate with Agile team members to research and evaluate alternative solutions.
• Evaluate design of existing systems to judge their functionality, efficiency, reliability, performance, usage, maintainability, and cost of ownership.
• Collaborate and anticipate with Agile team members to build comprehensive and cohesive solution approaches. Be able to clearly articulate the squad’s needs, requirements, and dependencies.
• Provide support in estimating, planning, scheduling, and prioritizing work.
• Apply documentation standards and best practices
   

The Team

Fidelity Institutional provides products and services to banks, broker/dealers, registered investment advisors, family offices, and other financial intermediaries to meet their brokerage and banking needs. The FI technology platform is delivered to these external clients, primarily via web-based and mobile applications, application programming interfaces, transmission files, and collaborates with third-party applications. Some of these offerings include trading, account servicing and maintenance, account opening and money movement, reporting, analytics, and data delivery and presentation.

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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.

At Fidelity, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling “Dynamic Working”. Most associates will have a hybrid schedule with a requirement to work onsite at a Fidelity work location for at least one week, 5 consecutive days, every four weeks. These requirements are subject to change.

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, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.