Systems Analyst

Fidelity Investments • Jersey City, NJ

9d • $67,000 - $127,000 • Onsite

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 supporting product managers, converting business requirements into user stories, identifying and managing risks, managing product backlogs, leading refinement sessions, defining story acceptance tests, and owning user story sign-off. You will also proactively identify opportunities for process and system improvements and participate in end-to-end test activities where needed.

Requirements

• At least a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field
• 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
• Participation in End-to-End test activities to ensure functionality is working per the requirements

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage
• Emotional well-being support
• Market-leading retirement
• Generous paid time off
• Parental leave
• Charitable giving employee match program
• Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level