Senior Systems Analyst

Fidelity Investments•Durham, NC

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Strategic Advisors Technology (SAT) is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst to play a vital role in one of Fidelity's critical strategic programs. In this role you will partner with Fidelity business stakeholders to understand their key business drivers and business requirements. This is not just about gathering requirements; it's about understanding the 'why' behind them. You will then work with your Development Team and technology counterparts to translate these into user stories and deliver high quality, innovative and timely solutions. Collaborating with business stakeholders to gather and analyze business and functional requirements and confirm these via meaningful artifacts (Business Requirements documents, process flows, use cases, etc.) Performing cost-benefit analyses to ensure technology investments for the given business requirements are strategically aligned, financially sound, and deliver maximum business value Converting business requirements into actionable delivery plans with defined milestones and timelines Identifying and managing risks and dependencies for planned work Implementing delivery plans through quarterly planning and backlog management Managing product backlogs using collaborative tools including JIRA, Confluence, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint Translating complex business requirements into user stories with well-defined business value and acceptance criteria Leading team refinement sessions to ensure stories are clear and ready for sprint planning Defining story acceptance tests in collaboration with the team, applying Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) principles during refinement. Ownership of user story sign-off, ensuring the delivery meets the requirements and has passed all tests (automated and manual) Proactively identifying opportunities for process and system improvements to extend the value delivered to your business partners Where Needed - Participation in End-to-End test activities to ensure functionality is working per the requirements

Requirements

At minimum, a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field and Five (5) years experience as a Systems Analyst
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to understand the technology and software architecture of an application
Experience with various tools that assist in analysis and testing including SQL Developer, Insomnia, Kafka - Offset Explorer, and Datadog for data validation and debugging, Jira and Confluence.
Willingness to dive in and understand code for analysis and support purposes
Has worked in an Agile environment that uses the Scrum Methodology and is experienced with the related events and artifacts
Has effectively worked in a global, team-based environment with team members in various locations and countries.

Nice To Haves

Financial services industry knowledge and experience is highly desirable, investment management and/or wealth management domain knowledge a plus
Familiarity with modern AI tools and their application in Systems Analysis is desirable

Responsibilities

Collaborating with business stakeholders to gather and analyze business and functional requirements and confirm these via meaningful artifacts (Business Requirements documents, process flows, use cases, etc.)
Performing cost-benefit analyses to ensure technology investments for the given business requirements are strategically aligned, financially sound, and deliver maximum business value
Converting business requirements into actionable delivery plans with defined milestones and timelines
Identifying and managing risks and dependencies for planned work
Implementing delivery plans through quarterly planning and backlog management
Managing product backlogs using collaborative tools including JIRA, Confluence, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint
Translating complex business requirements into user stories with well-defined business value and acceptance criteria
Leading team refinement sessions to ensure stories are clear and ready for sprint planning
Defining story acceptance tests in collaboration with the team, applying Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) principles during refinement.
Ownership of user story sign-off, ensuring the delivery meets the requirements and has passed all tests (automated and manual)
Proactively identifying opportunities for process and system improvements to extend the value delivered to your business partners
Participation in End-to-End test activities to ensure functionality is working per the requirements