Vice President, Architecture

Fidelity•Westlake, TX

About The Position

Oversees the design and implementation of enterprise-scale data and application architecture solutions, including secure, scalable, high-performing digital experiences across hybrid mobile and web platforms. Leads data integration strategy and modernization using open-source solutions, frameworks, and technologies, and architects and governs data integration and orchestration pipelines to support 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. Partners with business leaders, product teams, architecture governance groups, and multiple business units to deliver resilient, reusable, and extensible solutions, ensure architectural compliance, and influence decisions and alignment. Participates in technology planning and budgeting, and communicates architectural solutions and analytical results to technical and business audiences. Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased regional and role-based rollout. Some roles and locations currently require 100% onsite presence, while others require less; expectations may evolve. The transition does not apply to fully remote roles. Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. Hiring may be restricted by applicable laws and regulations concerning certain criminal histories.

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 design, governance, and delivery of cloud-based and on-premises data and integration architectures; alternatively, a master’s degree in one of those 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.
Demonstrated expertise applying cloud-native data engineering practices across AWS, GCP, and Azure; developing and governing data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and delivery 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 integration standards.
Demonstrated expertise designing containerized application architectures using container orchestration platforms, service mesh technologies, and 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.
Demonstrated expertise architecting front-end solutions using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; middleware and integration layers using enterprise message broker and ESB platforms; and applying service-oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, 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.
Demonstrated expertise architecting scalable distributed systems with high availability, fault tolerance, and multi-region disaster recovery capabilities.
Demonstrated expertise 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.
Ability to thrive in dynamic environments and bridge technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

Oversee the design and implementation of enterprise-scale data and application architecture solutions.
Architect secure, scalable, high-performing digital experiences across hybrid mobile and web platforms.
Lead data integration strategy and modernize the technology footprint using open-source solutions and frameworks.
Architect and govern enterprise data integration and orchestration pipelines for secure, scalable, high-performance data movement and processing.
Manage complex software projects and initiatives within the SDLC in an Agile environment.
Collaborate with business leaders, product teams, and architecture governance groups to ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
Partner across business units to deliver resilient, reusable, and extensible solutions.
Ensure architectural compliance, influence decisions, and drive alignment.
Design, develop, and modify complex software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes.
Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
Analyze user needs and software requirements to assess 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 developers to design systems and understand project limitations and capabilities.
Participate in technology planning and budgeting processes.
Communicate analytical results and architectural solutions effectively to technical and business audiences.
Bridge technical and business teams in dynamic environments.