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Principal Systems Analyst

Fidelity

Fidelity

IT
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Posted on Oct 30, 2025
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Job Description:

Position Description:

Builds highly scalable product platforms to enable full customer experience. Works on Application Program Interface (API) based platforms to develop and manage APIs. Implements platform thinking and cloud technologies to develop and migrate applications into cloud-based platforms. Works in an agile environment using Agile ceremonies. Leads complex systems analysis and projects across subsystems and companies, in a matrix organization. Understands and analyzes business requirements from stakeholders and articulates them into a project design to help/support the creation and delivery of innovative and transformative cloud-based technology solutions meeting those needs. Consults with business users to develop recommendations that address difficult and complex business needs and opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Leads and conducts interviews with business users to gather requirements, and analyzes technology needs and system and workflow challenges.
  • Develops recommendations that address difficult and complex business needs and opportunities.
  • Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex systems analysis projects, and defines project scope.
  • Leads other analysts in the execution of documents on large and complex projects and monitors the quality and progress of documents created by other analysts.
  • Designs new systems based on requirements.
  • Leads and participates in the definition of test strategies, and coordinates user acceptance testing efforts.
  • Communicates progress of multiple projects to management, engages stakeholders on a regular basis, and manages expectations of internal and external stakeholders.
  • Serves as industry subject matter expert, and identifies other subject matter experts who are the sources of requirements for large and complex projects.
  • Works with other teams to evolve standards and best practices for systems analysis processes.
  • Participates in incident/crisis management to assess business impact, determine/facilitate any workarounds, in concert with the production support organization.
  • Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Systems Analyst (or closely related occupation) developing functional and technical requirements gathering processes for the design, analysis, and solutioning of scalable and secured cloud ecosystems (for enterprise applications), using portal integrations, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and APIs.

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Systems Analyst (or closely related occupation) developing functional and technical requirements gathering processes for the design, analysis, and solutioning of scalable and secured cloud ecosystems (for enterprise applications), using portal integrations, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and APIs.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

  • Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) gathering technical and functional requirements and translating them to deliver solutions that support mapping processes (business service flows and design components) for applications, documenting challenges and opportunities using gap analysis, business blue printing, and upgrade analysis.
  • DE designing and delivering large scale cloud implementation projects for secured and efficient technical cloud ecosystems by integrating on-premises and cloud applications using SOAP, portal integrations, SDK deployments, and APIs to back enterprise applications for internal and external users.
  • DE monitoring risks and dependencies across projects to ensure timely project delivery by tracking, reporting, and communicating project milestones and deliverables status to stakeholders using Jira or Workfront.
  • DE transforming cloud-based technology solutions into effective IT visions, strategies, and roadmaps to improve user daily operational experiences (external and internal) and predict next generation needs, using leading cloud application environments (Salesforce or Amazon Web Services (AWS)).

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Information Technology

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to [email protected], or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

Giving back to our communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,500 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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