Fidelity Investments · 1 day ago
Vice President, Architecture
Smithfield, RI
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
15+ years expFidelity Investments is a leading financial services company, and they are seeking a Vice President of Security Architecture. This role is responsible for the strategic direction of security for systems supporting Institutional Wealth Management Services, overseeing a team of security architects and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and technology blueprints.
Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesRetirementWealth Management
Responsibilities
Formulating and driving the tactical and strategic direction of Institutional Wealth Management Services enterprise security architecture for the most critical and large sophisticated systems across all facets and disciplines of Fidelity Institutional
Defining patterns and standard methodologies for cloud and security design and development
Responsible for reviewing and assuring governance of the Institutional Wealth Management Services security application standards
Providing expertise to project teams on design and application integration with other technologies across the stack (security, cloud, dev ops, etc.)
Making authoritative decisions over technical issues, project policies, standards, and strategies
Establish and track metrics and KPIs that demonstrate measurable outcomes for security initiatives, such as vulnerability reduction and compliance adherence
Anticipating the applicability of major industry trends in the Fidelity environment and implementing future needs
Providing leadership to Proof of Concepts (POCs) for assessment of technical and business benefits
Build strong relationships with enterprise architecture, risk management, and compliance teams to align security strategy with business goals
Actively engage across enterprise and other business units on critical Security topics and present recommendations to Enterprise Technical Architecture Group (TAG)
Qualification
Required
15+ years of industry experience in security architecture, analytics, design, and development of enterprise solutions in multiple technology platforms, frameworks and languages
Expertise with application security implementations and standard methodologies. Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CSIM, and CCSP are required
Extensive knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cryptography / Key Management, Access Controls and Security Protocols. E.g. Multi-factor, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, API security, PDP, PEPs, etc
Extensive technology knowledge and recognized expertise in several areas
Experience with DevSecOps, AWS security and secure code development
Experience establishing a strategy for and implementing cloud enterprise solutions in AWS and/or Azure
Extensive experience in tool selection and vendor management
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience
Experience with Agile delivery
Financial industry experience is required
Thought leadership in recommending technology selection and strategy formation with a focus on the security domain
You are an expert in security architecture and application development. You understand the value of deploying applications in a cloud environment and how to keep them secure
Guide design and development of security standard methodologies to all layers of the application stack
Problem solver and master of implementing security standard methodologies and principles
Excellent presentation, documentation, communication and influencing skills as well as skills for presenting/influencing technology direction in a business context for our partners
Company
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity’s mission is to strengthen the financial well-being of our customers and deliver better outcomes for the clients and businesses we serve.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (3)
2024 (8)
2023 (4)
2022 (6)
2021 (8)
2020 (30)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$152.82MKey Investors
Apple
2020-12-28Secondary Market· $2.5M
2018-01-14Secondary Market· $1M
2017-05-03Secondary Market· $12.5M
Leadership Team
Abigail Johnson
Chairman & CEO
Jeanmarie Ward
Senior Vice President of Architecture
Recent News
2026-01-07
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