Job Description:

Director, Mainframe Architecture & Modernization

The Role

The Director, Architecture - will work hand in hand with business leadership and our engineering partners to evolve our SPS mainframe (FBSI) capabilities. You will be hands on working to understand the mainframe MIPs/CPU usage, business capabilities, coming up with integrated architectures supporting our SPS distributed channels working with our WI and brokerage partners. During the migration period, you will be required to analyze and design solutions for our existing mainframe platform using your extensive mainframe skills. You will work closely with business sponsors, project managers, engineers and architects designing, implementing, testing, and deploying end to end technology solutions and moving applications out of the mainframe.

As a leader within the architecture team, you will work with architecture and application teams to help champion innovation, drive standardization, and deliver modern technology patterns across the stack for our customers' use. You will contribute to the product roadmap evolution in conjunction with business unit product goals and provide leadership in computing services, adoption of platforms and consolidation across our team's initiatives.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

Demonstrable understanding of mainframe applications including:

• CICS Transaction Server for both 3270 and non-3270 workloads. Extensive knowledge about CICS Multi-Region Operations(MRO)

• DB2 for z/OS including Native Stored Procedures and DDF

• JCL/Batch

• VSAM including data access approaches for concurrent online and batch workloads and share options

• Data replication tools for data sharing of both VSAM and DB2 data with non-mainframe platforms

As Well As:

• Education - BS or MS required.

• 10+ years of industry experience in architecting mainframe systems and applications.

• AWS and/or Azure certification a plus

• Demonstrable ability to analyze business direction and problems, understand long term vision and risk in developing strategic technical solutions.

• Work closely with Product/Application teams in technology evaluation, selection, recommendation, and configuration.

• Background with multiple enterprise technologies

• Demonstrate knowledge of APIs, microservices architecture, infrastructure, data architecture, security, and new technologies with clear expertise in one or more of these areas.

• Working knowledge in all aspects of technical architecture (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization)

• Authoritative understanding of the agile development process and DevOps practices.

• Collaborating with peer architects seeing opportunities to refactor business processes, improve customer experience or perform capability rationalization.

• Ability to work both independently and with various levels of the organization, including technical and non-technical team members.

• Ensure technology decisions align with enterprise standards and strategy.

• Ability to provide technical leadership and solutions to agile teams.

• Critical problem solving and advanced troubleshooting to drive resolution to technical issues.

• Leads conceptual and abstract problem domains.

• Strong presentation, documentation, communication and influencing skills for working with less-technical business partners as well as technologists in IT leadership and implementation teams.

• Experience in networking across business units and outside the companies to optimize new reusable processes, patterns, and practices with world class results.

• Passion for knowing the latest on technology trends to adjust direction and get results.

• Willingness to experiment, innovate and seek resources to learn, grow and find solutions

• Financial industry experience is a plus

The Team

Fidelity Workplace Investing (WI) provides benefits to Fidelity customers, employers and their employees, in a growing set of areas - Defined Contribution, Benefits Outsourcing & Payroll, Investment Products & Consulting and Defined Benefits.

As part of the WI Technology Architecture team, you will be key player in helping move us forward into our digital future and digital transformation of our business. As an Architect within Fidelity Investments Workplace Investing (WI), you are responsible for establishing the strategic direction, setting standards and choosing technologies across WI. You will work closely with business partners and technology teams to understand business objectives and help define appropriate architecture direction for them. By working closely with Solution Architects and Agile teams, you will assess and ensure how proposed solutions to specific initiatives align with broader WI goals and strategies.

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.

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

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