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Gathers and refines requirements, performs detailed data and system analysis, validatesfunctionality, and documents specifications. Partners with architects to translate a strategy into robust, scalable, secure, and maintainable systems solutions on domain, applicationand integration architectures, including API first domain-driven design (DDD) and patterns. Supports solution delivery across complex application ecosystems. Translates lineofbusiness strategy into target capabilities and system roadmaps. Collaborates with cross-functionalteams while maintaininga strong focus on accuracy, technical depth, and continuous improvement. Provides analysisleadership on complex systems analysis projects, often across subsystems and companies, in a matrix organization. Consultswith business users to develop recommendations that address difficult and complex business needs and opportunities.\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nConducts business and systems analysis using stakeholder inputs, use cases, and user stories within Agile environments.\n\nDrives value mapping and cost/benefit analyses by refining complex business needs.\n\nAnalyzes and validatesdata using structured queries and enterprise data sources within large dataset environments.\n\nEvaluates data integration needs and supports Extract Transform Load (ETL) activities within cloud baseddata frameworks.\n\nAnalyzessystem interfaces using common data formats and schema definition techniques within distributed systems.\n\nExecutes API testing and validation within continuous integration pipelines.\n\nEnsures APIs follow industry best practices for token security, expiration, refresh mechanisms, and access control.\n\nCreates and maintainscontext diagrams, domain models, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, state machines, and interface specifications (REST, GraphQL, and event schemas), error models, and versioning strategies within a version controlledenvironment.\n\nDefines logical data models, data lineage, PII classification, retention, and data quality rules.\n\nMaintains standards and guardrails, reuses patterns and playbooks, and measures outcomes.\n\nSupports infrastructure and configuration analysis using automation and Infrastructure as Code practices within cloud architectures.\n\nTroubleshoots defects and issues using diagnostic tools and root cause techniques within test and production environments.\n\nEnsures requirements to test coverage and defines acceptancetest scenarios with QA automation.\n\nExecutes test planning and test activities using structured testing practices.\n\nEnsuresobservability (logs, metrics, traces, and SLOs/SLIs), feature flags, circuit breakers, and runbooks.\n\nMentorsjunior analysts.\n\nAnalyzes system functionality for new or enhanced product features using business rules, data insights, and domain knowledge within financial services workflows.\n\nAligns change management (CAB, feature toggles, and phased rollouts/blue green/canary), incident playbooks, and post incident reviews.\n\nEvaluates vendors, and defines SLAs, SOW requirements, interoperability, data ownership, and compliance.\n\nEducation and Experience:\nBachelor’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) translating complex financial products and regulatory requirements into reliable and scalable life insurance and personal investing systems.\nOr, 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) translating complex financial products and regulatory requirements into reliable and scalable life insurance and personal investing systems.\nSkills and Knowledge:\nCandidate must also possess:\nDemonstrated Expertise (“DE”) coordinating projects with a focus on event driven microservices architecture, monitoring logs, and performing end-to-end testing, using REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, Snowflake, and AWS; and executing data integration and transformation using Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) pipelines and cloud basedservices within a cloud data processing environment.\n\nDE creating comprehensive context diagrams, domain models, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, and state machines to clarify processes, using Microsoft Visio and Draw.io; sending release communications and coordinating stakeholders for validation during installs, using Postman, Bruno, Splunk, Datadog, vendor dashboards, Snowflake, and SQL; and implementing Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) process (adhering to data security standards) for bulk analysis file transfers, using AWS S3 buckets, MFT Axway, SFTP, and SSH encryption.\n\nDE creating access file feeds, designing access controls, coordinating user access permissions, and conducting training sessions to facilitate smooth product adoption and effective usage, using Excel, Confluence, PowerBI, IntelliJ, and GitHub; and assisting the correct mapping of schemas using Snowflake, Microsoft SQL, eXtensibleMarkup Language (XML), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), XML Schema Definition (XSD), AWS Lambda, Informatica, REST API, and SOAP UI.\n\nDE conducting business and systems analysis using stakeholder interviews, use cases, user stories, and functional specifications within Agile Scrum environments, supporting life insurance and personal investing workflows.\n\nFidelity’s Onsite Working Model\nFidelity 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.\nCertifications:\nCategory:\nInformation TechnologyPlease 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.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6826,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Asset Management & Funds","Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T06:28:37Z"}],"liveness":{"score":84,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.845,"p_room":1,"age_days":10,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:19","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-03T02:18:54Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/fidelity-principal-systems-analyst","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/fidelity-principal-systems-analyst.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-03T02:18:54Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2538,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2462,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}}