Job Description:

Director, Data solutions Architect

At Fidelity, we love to use data and analytics to personalize incredible customer experiences and develop solutions that help our customers live the lives they want. As part of our digital transformation, we have significant investments in innovative data capabilities to support our customer obsessed culture. We are looking for a hands-on data solutions architect that can help us build our next generation, cloud enabled data ecosystem.  

This position will be based in Durham, NC. The alternate locations are Westlake, TX or Boston, MA.

The Expertise we’re looking for

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a technology related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, etc.) required.

Demonstrated technology leadership experience in architecting, designing and building highly scalable data applications in cloud, preferably AWS.

Extensive knowledge and experience in architecting and designing modern data integration patterns for high volume transactional and analytics data platforms.

Proven experience in designing relational and NoSQL databases, especially in Cloud.

Expert ability to evaluate, prototype and recommend open source and vendor technologies.

Experience with DevOps, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery technologies is desirable.

Experience in architecting high volume transactional and operational systems.

This role requires 7+ years of data solution architecture experience.

Solid experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban and SCRUM)

Director, Data Solutions Architect in PI Customer Data Technologies will drive a holistic information management strategy, develop reference architecture and roadmaps to modernize data ecosystem using open-source frameworks. This role is also responsible for developing data engineering best practices by adapting latest technology trends, driving innovation, prototyping and recommending solutions in transactional and analytics space. Additionally, partner with engineering teams to implement future-thinking data capabilities. This role will not have people management responsibilities.

The Skills you bring

Leadership skills to architect and design critical data capabilities.

Ability to collaborate and partner with business domain leads, product owners, enterprise architects, solution architects and other functional leads to deliver world class data solutions.

Experience in Event Driven Architecture, Massive Parallel and Stream processing, Microservices, ELT and micro-batches.

Strong experience in Object Oriented Programming (Java or Python). Experience with Spark is highly desirable.

Proven experience in Cloud implementations (AWS).

Experience in data modeling both normalized and star schemas

Proven ability to inspire confidence, create executive presentations and guide strategic discussions with senior management.

Ability to understand and adapt to changing business priorities and technology advancements

The Value you deliver

Architecting and designing next generation data products and platforms.

Exploring new technology trends and leveraging them to modernize our data ecosystem.

Driving Innovation and guiding the teams to implement solutions with future thinking.

Collaborating with internal and external teams to deliver technology solutions for the business needs.

Resolving technical roadblocks to the team and mitigating potential risks.

Acting as a technical mentor to the engineering teams and bringing them up to speed on latest data technologies and promoting continuous learning.

How your work impacts the organization

Customer Data Technology in PI supports the platforms that enable business users to collect and analyze the customer data needed to provide the best customer experience.

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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.

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(opens in a new tab), we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2022. 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.

As a result of COVID-19, many of our associates are continuing to work remotely. When Fidelity employees eventually return to the office, 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 Wor6king(opens in a new tab).” 

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 Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations @fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2.