Vice President, Architecture

Fidelity Investments•Westlake, TX

About The Position

Oversees the design and implementation of enterprise-scale data and application architecture solutions. Architects secure, scalable, high-performing digital experiences across hybrid mobile and web platforms. Leads data integration strategy using open-source solutions and frameworks to modernize the technology footprint, and architects and governs enterprise data integration and orchestration pipelines to enable secure, scalable, high-performance movement and processing across platforms. Manages complex software projects and initiatives throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) in an Agile environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent), plus six years of experience as a Vice President, Architecture or in a closely related occupation providing enterprise architecture leadership for large-scale data platform strategy and overseeing the design, governance, and delivery of cloud-based and on-premises data and integration architectures; alternatively, a master’s degree in one of these fields (or foreign education equivalent) plus four years of such experience.
Demonstrated expertise designing and implementing enterprise-scale data architectures for batch and real-time streaming workloads using Apache Spark, Flink, and Kafka; applying cloud-native data engineering practices across AWS, GCP, and Azure; developing and governing data pipelines across distributed platforms; designing data models across SQL, NoSQL, and NewSQL systems; and architecting advanced analytics solutions and intelligent automation frameworks.
Demonstrated expertise architecting and governing enterprise API platforms including SOAP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and MCP; designing containerized application architectures using container orchestration and service mesh technologies; and applying DevOps and GitOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and observability frameworks.
Demonstrated expertise developing full-stack enterprise applications and integration solutions using Java, Python, Node.js, and Go across distributed and microservices-based architectures; architecting front-end solutions using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; architecting middleware and integration layers using enterprise message broker and ESB platforms; and applying service-oriented, event-driven, and API-first design patterns.
Demonstrated expertise designing and implementing multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure architectures across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments using Terraform and Ansible; architecting scalable distributed systems with high availability, fault tolerance, and multi-region disaster recovery; and applying Site Reliability Engineering principles, including capacity planning, service level management, and observability for high-throughput transactional and analytical workloads.
Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with business leaders, product teams, and architecture governance groups to ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
Partner across multiple business units to deliver resilient, reusable, and extensible solutions.
Ensure architectural compliance while influencing decisions and driving alignment.
Design, develop, and modify complex and major software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design.
Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine design feasibility within time and cost constraints.
Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance.
Collaborate with systems analysts, engineers, and other developers to design systems and determine project limitations and capabilities.
Participate in technology planning and budgeting processes.
Communicate analytical results and architectural solutions effectively to technical and business audiences.
Bridge gaps between technical and business teams in dynamic environments.