Systems Analyst

Fidelity Investments•Jersey City, NJ

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

Strategic Advisors Technology (SAT) is seeking a 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. This role requires a dedicated, curious, and passionate Systems Analyst who brings strong skills in the following areas:

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 at least Two (2) years experience as a Systems Analyst
2+ years experience in the Systems Analyst role
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong analysis skills, with a proven track record of delivery on complex technology projects
Ability 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
Experience understanding an application’s data model and using SQL to query tables to assist with analysis and testing
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
Ability to read code for analysis and support purposes is highly desirable
Familiarity with modern AI tools and their application in Systems Analysis is desirable

Responsibilities

Supporting your Product Manager’s collaboration 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.)
Converting business requirements into user stories and planning into appropriate sprints
Identifying and managing risks and dependencies for planned work
Supporting your Product Manager in implementing delivery plans through quarterly planning and backlog management
Managing product backlogs using collaborative tools including JIRA and Confluence
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