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Fidelity Investments · 3 hours ago

Vice President, Architecture

positionMerrimack, NH
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityDirector/Executive
date15+ years exp

Fidelity Investments is seeking an accomplished Vice President of Cybersecurity Architecture with deep expertise in fraud detection, prevention, and mitigation. The role involves designing and implementing advanced security architectures to safeguard the digital ecosystem and collaborating with various teams to establish secure architecture and fraud prevention mechanisms.

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Responsibilities

You will help formulate and drive the tactical and strategic direction of FIT security architecture for critical, large-scale systems across all facets of Fidelity Institutional
You will collaborate with fraud analytics teams to integrate real-time fraud detection and prevention mechanisms into system design
You will partner with enterprise stakeholders to apply emerging AI technologies in detecting and preventing fraudulent activities within Fidelity Investments’ institutional interactions
You will develop and maintain fraud detection and prevention architectures, reference models, and security patterns
You will design endtoend solutions for identity protection, account security, fraud analytics, and transaction integrity
Define and enforce security architecture standards and best practices, including cloud security design, Zero Trust principles, defense-in-depth, least-privilege access, and secure API frameworks
Establish comprehensive frameworks for risk assessment, threat modeling, and compliance audits to mitigate fraud and cyber threats across Fidelity Institutional Technology
Develop strategies for data protection, including encryption, tokenization, and secure lifecycle management for sensitive financial information
You will make authoritative decisions on technical issues, standards, and strategies
You will provide expertise to project teams on secure design and integration across the technology stack (security, cloud, DevSecOps, etc.)
You will anticipate and implement major industry system/software security trends within the Fidelity environment
You will lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) to assess technical and business benefits
You will participate in the definition and enforcement of enterprise security architecture standards across all platforms, ensuring alignment with financial regulatory requirements (e.g., SEC, FINRA, PCI DSS)

Qualification

Security architectureFraud detection strategiesCloud security designIdentityAccess managementDevSecOpsAWS securityApplication securityCryptographyInfluencing skillsFinancial industry experienceProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsDocumentation skills

Required

15+ years of experience in security architecture, analytics, design, and development of enterprise solutions across multiple platforms
Expertise in application security implementations and best practices; certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Fraud Detection and Analytics Certificate (ACAMS) are strong positives
Expertise and experience in Fraud detection, prevention and mitigation strategies
Deep knowledge of IAM, cryptography/key management, access controls, and security protocols (e.g., MFA, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, API security)
Experience with DevSecOps, AWS security, and secure code development
Proven ability to establish strategy and implement cloud enterprise solutions in AWS and/or Azure
Strong background in tool selection and vendor management
Ability to guide secure design across all layers of the application stack
Excellent problem-solving skills and mastery of security principles
Strong presentation, documentation, communication, and influencing skills to articulate technology direction in a business context
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Preferred

Financial industry experience a plus
Thought leadership in technology selection and security strategy formation

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
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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)
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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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