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Fidelity Investments · 1 day ago

Director, Data Architecture

positionRoanoke, TX
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityLead/Staff, Director/Executive
date12+ years exp

Fidelity Investments is a leading financial services company, and they are seeking a Director of Data Architecture for their Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology team. The role involves leading the design and implementation of scalable, cloud-based data architectures and collaborating with various teams to align technology with business goals.

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Responsibilities

Define and promote data architecture strategies, patterns, standards, and guidelines
Provide technical leadership across complex projects and initiatives
Guide the adoption of cloud-native data solutions and data integration patterns
Champion data-driven decision-making and reusable patterns, standards and guidelines
Lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) to evaluate emerging technologies
Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and regulatory standards
Support mainframe migration and modernization efforts

Qualification

Cloud databasesData architecture strategiesRelational databasesData modelingData movement technologiesCloud platformsFinancial services experienceTechnical leadershipCommunication skillsStrategic thinking

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
12+ years of experience in distributed systems, including 3+ years with cloud databases
Experience in financial services domain
Expertise in relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL), distributed SQL (CockroachDB, YugabyteDB), NoSQL (Aerospike), in-memory databases, data warehouses (Snowflake, Apache Iceberg) and Kafka streaming
Proven ability to architect high-volume, high-performance transactional systems
Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS RDS, EC2, EMR, S3) and hybrid environments
Experience building scalable data solutions (OLTP, ODS, MDM, data warehousing & analytics platforms)
Ability to evaluate and recommend emerging cloud data technologies
Hands-on experience in logical and physical data modeling
Experience with data movement (ETL, ELT) technologies
Strategic thinker with strong technical leadership and agile delivery experience
Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills
Ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
Familiarity with legal, risk, compliance, and cybersecurity standards

Preferred

Understanding / Experience with the brokerage domain would be a plus

Company

Fidelity Investments

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Fidelity’s mission is to strengthen the financial well-being of our customers and deliver better outcomes for the clients and businesses we serve.
dateFounded in 1946
location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.fidelity.com

H1B Sponsorship

Fidelity Investments has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (8)
2023 (4)
2022 (6)
2021 (8)
2020 (30)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$152.82M
Key Investors
Apple
2020-12-28Secondary Market· $2.5M
2018-01-14Secondary Market· $1M
2017-05-03Secondary Market· $12.5M

Leadership Team

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Abigail Johnson
Chairman & CEO
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Jeanmarie Ward
Senior Vice President of Architecture
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