Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position
The Role
Strategic Advisors Technology (SAT) is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst to play a vital role in one of Fidelity's critical strategic programs. In this role you will partner with Fidelity business stakeholders to understand their key business drivers and business requirements. This is not just about gathering requirements; it's about understanding the "why" behind them. You will then work with your Development Team and technology counterparts to translate these into user stories and deliver high quality, innovative and timely solutions.
Collaborating with business stakeholders to gather and analyze business and functional requirements and confirm these via meaningful artifacts (Business Requirements documents, process flows, use cases, etc.)
Performing cost-benefit analyses to ensure technology investments for the given business requirements are strategically aligned, financially sound, and deliver maximum business value
Converting business requirements into actionable delivery plans with defined milestones and timelines
Identifying and managing risks and dependencies for planned work
Implementing delivery plans through quarterly planning and backlog management
Managing product backlogs using collaborative tools including JIRA, Confluence, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint
Translating complex business requirements into user stories with well-defined business value and acceptance criteria
Leading team refinement sessions to ensure stories are clear and ready for sprint planning
Defining story acceptance tests in collaboration with the team, applying Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) principles during refinement.
Ownership of user story sign-off, ensuring the delivery meets the requirements and has passed all tests (automated and manual)
Proactively identifying opportunities for process and system improvements to extend the value delivered to your business partners
Where Needed - Participation in End-to-End test activities to ensure functionality is working per the requirements
Education and Experience
At minimum, a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field and Five (5) years experience as a Systems Analyst
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
Financial services industry knowledge and experience is highly desirable, investment management and/or wealth management domain knowledge a plus
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to understand the technology and software architecture of an application
Experience with various tools that assist in analysis and testing including SQL Developer, Insomnia, Kafka - Offset Explorer, and Datadog for data validation and debugging, Jira and Confluence.
Willingness to dive in and understand code for analysis and support purposes
Familiarity with modern AI tools and their application in Systems Analysis is desirable
Has worked in an Agile environment that uses the Scrum Methodology and is experienced with the related events and artifacts
Has effectively worked in a global, team-based environment with team members in various locations and countries.
The Team
As a Senior Systems Analyst on the team, you work in partnership with the Strategic Advisors business stakeholders, Squad team members, Product Area Leader to understand the product vision and challenges. From there, you’ll work with your technology counterparts to deliver innovative, cost effective, architecturally aligned, and timely solutions. By demonstrating and promoting Fidelity and Agile leadership principles, you sustain and evolve our innovative agile culture.
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.
Certifications:Category:Information TechnologySkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field
- Five years experience as a Systems Analyst
- Experience with SQL Developer, Insomnia, Kafka, Datadog, JIRA, Confluence
- Financial services industry knowledge and experience
- Experience in Agile environment using Scrum methodology
- Familiarity with modern AI tools
Fidelity Investments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fidelity Investments and has not been reviewed or approved by Fidelity Investments.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Bonuses, commissions, and profit-sharing are presented as generous and meaningful components of total compensation, with certain roles achieving high total earnings through multiple pay streams. Variable pay is consistently framed as a positive contributor beyond base salary.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match up to 7% alongside additional profit-sharing up to 10% materially enhances long-term compensation. These retirement features are highlighted as standout strengths of the overall package.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leave (16 weeks maternity, 12 weeks parental), backup dependent care, and adoption assistance provide robust family support. Hybrid work and caregiving resources further ease family responsibilities.
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What We Do
At Fidelity, our goal is to make financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We do this by focusing on a diverse set of customers: - from 23 million people investing their life savings, to 20,000 businesses managing their employee benefits to 10,000 advisors needing innovative technology to invest their clients’ money. We offer investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, and many other financial products. Privately held for nearly 70 years, we’ve always believed by providing investors with access to the information and expertise, we can help them achieve better results. That’s been our approach- innovative yet personal, compassionate yet responsible, grounded by a tireless work ethic—it is the heart of the Fidelity way.
