Principal Systems Analyst

Primary Responsibilities:

• Orchestrates and conducts interviews with business users to gather requirements, and analyzes technology needs and system and workflow challenges.
• Develops recommendations that address difficult and complex business needs and opportunities.
• Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex systems analysis projects, and defines project scope.
• Contributes to the preparation of documents for large and complex projects and ensures quality and consistency of deliverables across analysts.
• Designs new systems based on requirements.
• Participates in the definition of test strategies, and coordinates user acceptance testing efforts.
• Communicates progress of multiple projects to management, engages stakeholders on a regular basis to align on expectations.
• Serves as industry subject matter expert, and identifies other subject matter experts who are the sources of requirements for large and complex projects.
• Works with other teams to evolve standards and best practices for systems analysis processes.
• Participates in incident/crisis management to assess business impact, determine/facilitate any workarounds, in concert with the production support organization.
• Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies.
• Coaches and mentors junior system analysts and developers on systems analysis techniques and business workflows.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Systems Analyst (or closely related occupation) performing business and system analysis to support the delivery of data analytics and business intelligence technology solutions.

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Systems Analyst (or closely related occupation) performing business and system analysis to support the delivery of data analytics and business intelligence technology solutions.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

• Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) analyzing, prioritizing, and communicating business and functional requirements using Atlassian products; and analyzing and translating requirements to craft stories in support of developing technology solutions, using Jira.
• DE conducting research and analysis of large data sets ensuring accuracy in reporting across regulatory reporting applications using analytical tools including Power BI and Tableau.
• DE planning, coordinating, and testing data analytics and visualization technology solutions according to Agile or SCRUM methodologies.
• DE maintaining Agile backlogs with emphasis on prioritization; participating in and coordinating Agile ceremonies -- daily stand-ups, scrum of scrums, sprint planning, back-log refinement, and demo and retrospective meetings -- with program stakeholders, using JIRA.

Salary: $120,739.00 to $137,000.00/year.

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Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

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Information Technology

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