Director, Data Platform DevOps Engineering

Fidelity
Fidelity

Software Engineering

Durham, NC, USA

Posted on Aug 27, 2026

Job Description:

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

The Role

As the Director, Data Platform DevOps Engineering, you blend deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, automation, and software delivery with a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing engineering talent. You are committed to building highly reliable, secure, and scalable technology platforms that accelerate business outcomes and improve the developer experience.

In an agile structure, you will collaborate with Product Area Leaders, Architects, Engineering Leaders, and Engineering teams to establish DevOps and platform engineering standards, define strategic direction, and drive our Data Platform’s adoption of modern engineering practices. You are dedicated to helping others grow their technical and leadership capabilities while ensuring alignment on engineering excellence, automation, reliability, and operational effectiveness.

In addition, you:

  • Bring passion to your work to inspire and motivate teams

  • Embody the firm's Leadership Principles and engineering culture

  • Foster a culture of automation, innovation, and continuous improvement

  • Champion reliability, security, and operational excellence

  • Promote collaboration and shared ownership across engineering organizations

  • Enjoy what you do!

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field

  • 10+ years of experience delivering and operating large-scale enterprise technology platforms with increasing leadership responsibility

  • Proven experience leading DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Cloud Infrastructure teams

  • Deep expertise in CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

  • Strong experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure

  • Experience leading Kubernetes, containerization, and modern application platform initiatives

  • Experience driving Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM), platform modernization, and operational resiliency programs

  • Strong knowledge of observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident management practices

  • Experience implementing security best practices across infrastructure and software delivery pipelines

  • Strong stakeholder management and organizational navigation skills

  • Demonstrated ability to influence engineering strategy across multiple business and technology organizations

  • Critical thinking skills and experience operating in Agile delivery environments

  • Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and execution capabilities

  • Financial Services experience preferred

The Value You Deliver

  • Define and execute the DevOps and platform engineering roadmap in partnership with engineering and business leaders

  • Establish standards, best practices, and governance for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud operations, and platform reliability

  • Drive automation initiatives that improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and deployment quality

  • Lead cloud infrastructure, observability, resiliency, and operational excellence programs across the organization

  • Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and Engineering leaders to deliver scalable, secure, and highly available technology platforms

  • Remove organizational and technical impediments that impact team effectiveness and delivery

  • Champion a culture of continuous improvement through metrics, automation, engineering excellence, and operational insights

  • Ensure systems meet reliability, security, compliance, performance, and scalability objectives

  • Communicate strategy, priorities, progress, and outcomes effectively to executive stakeholders and technology leadership

  • Foster innovation and adoption of emerging DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering practices to support the organization's long-term technology vision

  • Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and customer-centric outcomes

Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

Certifications:

Category:

Information Technology

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.

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Benefits that balance life and work

From our fully paid parent leave to our on-site health and wellness centers, our benefits support the belief that more balance you have, the better you can achieve your goals.

Benefits

Company overview

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 experience.

Reasonable accommodations

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 accommodations@fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

Equal opportunity employer

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.

Applicant screening

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.

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