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Director, Data Architecture

skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New Hampshire • North Carolina • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

ApacheAWSCloudDistributed SystemsEC2ETLKafkaNoSQLOraclePostgresSQL

About the role

  • Lead the design and implementation of scalable, cloud-based data architectures supporting Fidelity’s Brokerage Recordkeeping Applications.
  • Collaborate with development teams, solution architects, and enterprise leaders to standardize solutions, drive modernization, and align technology with business goals.
  • Define and promote data architecture strategies, patterns, standards, and guidelines.
  • Provide technical leadership across complex projects and initiatives.
  • Guide the adoption of cloud-native data solutions and data integration patterns.
  • Champion data-driven decision-making and reusable patterns, standards and guidelines.
  • Lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) to evaluate emerging technologies.
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and regulatory standards.
  • Support mainframe migration and modernization efforts.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 12+ years of experience in distributed systems, including 3+ years with cloud databases.
  • Experience in financial services domain.
  • Understanding / Experience with the brokerage domain would be a plus.
  • Expertise in relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL), distributed SQL (CockroachDB, YugabyteDB), NoSQL (Aerospike), in-memory databases, data warehouses (Snowflake, Apache Iceberg) and Kafka streaming.
  • Proven ability to architect high-volume, high-performance transactional systems.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS RDS, EC2, EMR, S3) and hybrid environments.
  • Experience building scalable data solutions (OLTP, ODS, MDM, data warehousing & analytics platforms).
  • Experience with data Security and data and functional authorization methods.
  • Ability to evaluate and recommend emerging cloud data technologies.
  • Hands-on experience in logical and physical data modeling.
  • Experience with data movement (ETL, ELT) technologies.
  • Strategic thinker with strong technical leadership and agile delivery experience.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
  • Ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
Benefits
  • Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Professional development opportunities
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud-based data architecturesdistributed systemscloud databasesrelational databasesdistributed SQLNoSQLdata warehousesdata modelingETLdata security
Soft Skills
technical leadershipstrategic thinkingcommunication skillspresentation skillsinfluencing skillscollaborationdecision-makingproblem-solvingagile deliverybusiness translation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Computer Science