Vice President, Network Operations

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2 Locations
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Fintech
The Role
The Vice President of Network Operations will lead the network operations strategy for Fidelity, focusing on efficiency, automation, incident management, and collaboration across diverse teams to enhance network resilience.
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Note: Fidelity will not provide sponsorship for this role.

The Role 

The Fidelity Enterprise Infrastructure and Operations (EI&O) Datacenter and Network team is seeking a seasoned technology executive with deep expertise in network operations. This individual will play a critical role in shaping and leading the operational strategy for Fidelity’s global network, ensuring resilience, scalability, and efficiency across a complex enterprise environment. 

This role is accountable for establishing and executing a network operating model that emphasizes observability, automation-driven operational procedures, disciplined ITSM practices, and proactive issue mitigation. The leader will collaborate closely with network engineering teams to manage operational readiness for all changes and enhancements, while fostering strong partnerships across geographically diverse teams. Success in this role requires not only technical excellence but also the ability to provide innovative thought leadership and drive transformation at scale.

Key priorities include delivering best-in-class incident management through tiered support and automated remediation, implementing robust observability with predictive analytics across all network layers, and overseeing service introduction for new capabilities and enhancements. Additionally, the role demands exceptional communication skills to clearly articulate complex issues, inspire critical thinking and action, and challenge the status quo by leading operating model changes that improve quality, stability, and efficiency. 

The Expertise You Have and The Skills You Bring  

  • 15+ years of experience in enterprise operations and IT networking field 

  • Experience operating and supporting large-scale multivendor network environments 

  • Experience with network monitoring, troubleshooting and observability 

  • Experience with technology lifecycle management, vulnerability management and industry best practices 

  • Experience with enterprise IT service management platforms and ITIL 

  • Experience with Lean / Agile based technology delivery teams 

  • Capable of partnering with and influencing individuals at all organizational levels 

  • Experience and knowledge in building strategies and a vision for implementing improvements. 

  • Experience supporting cloud-based networking technologies 

  • Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning skills 

  • Ability to partner and collaborate with other technical leadership and their teams 

  • Strong leadership and communication skills including the ability to influence other teams, build associate development plans, coach and mentor others 

  • Ability to lead root cause analysis (RCA) to prevent recurrences and identify potential technology, training or process remediation 

  • Candidate should have experience with IP networking (LAN/WAN, SDWAN, MPLS), network security, traffic management, DDI, proxies, infrastructure automation (Python, Ansible), and network monitoring tools. 

Certifications:

Category:Information Technology

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.

Skills Required

  • 15+ years of experience in enterprise operations and IT networking field
  • Experience operating and supporting large-scale multivendor network environments
  • Experience with network monitoring, troubleshooting and observability
  • Experience with technology lifecycle management and vulnerability management
  • Experience with IT service management platforms and ITIL
  • Experience with Lean / Agile based technology delivery teams
  • Ability to partner and influence individuals at all organizational levels
  • Experience supporting cloud-based networking technologies
  • Strong problem solving and analytical reasoning skills
  • Strong leadership, communication skills to influence teams
  • Experience leading root cause analysis to prevent recurrences
  • Experience with IP networking and network security functions

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
58,848 Employees
Year Founded: 1946

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.

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