Vice President, Architecture

Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Boston
Posted on: February 10, 2025

Job Description:

Vice President, Architecture at Fidelity Investments summary:
The Vice President of Architecture at Fidelity Investments leads the development of enterprise-grade technical solutions for advanced investment strategies, with a focus on Liquid Alternatives. This role involves translating business strategies into detailed architecture blueprints, collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements, and ensuring compliance with architecture decisions. The ideal candidate possesses a strong technical background in cloud services, integration patterns, and development technologies while demonstrating excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Job Description:We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Architect to join Asset Management Technology's Architecture group. The candidate will enable and accelerate the delivery of advanced and non-traditional investment strategies based on alternatives by providing highly reliable and scalable enterprise-grade technical solutions.Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive view of Liquid Alternatives capabilities, supported by a consistent architecture methodology and Business Architecture Framework.
• Analyze Liquid Alternatives business strategy and translate it into detailed architecture blueprint and actionable plans.
• Participate in business case development that supports new initiatives by quantifying potential benefits & costs and identifying risks.
• Define and capture architecture decisions to guide technology solutions within the delivery teams and across the organization; ensure compliance with the architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders across the organization to gather requirements, manage expectations, and ensure alignment with the business architecture.
• Identify emerging technologies and market trends to inform future business strategy and architecture solutions.Qualifications:
  • Understanding of essential patterns for Data-, Event- and Application-centric integration and composition; ability to select and apply the optimal patterns to connect and compose enterprise systems.
  • Knowledge of distributed systems and their trade-offs with focus on service-based and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience in designing, developing, and deploying applications on AWS. Practical knowledge of a broad range of AWS services, including compute, containers, databases, analytics, and security.
  • Strong proficiency in Java & Spring Framework and/or Python development environment; working knowledge of front-end web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Knowledge of Angular or Interop.io is a plus.
  • Ability to provide high-quality visuals and documentation that convey system architecture to diverse audiences.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and a track record of delivering innovative solutions to challenging technical problems.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.
  • Bachelor's or post graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.Certifications: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 , 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. 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, , 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 . 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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    Keywords:
    Architecture, Investment Strategies, Cloud Computing, AWS, Software Development, Stakeholder Collaboration, Data Integration, Enterprise Systems, Technical Solutions, Liquid Alternatives
    

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