Director of AI-Driven Systems Engineering

Fidelity Investments Careers; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity Investments Inc. is seeking a Director of Systems Engineering to lead a team building compute and storage solutions across on-premises data centers and public cloud.

You will drive capacity planning, lifecycle management, and cost optimization while championing AI-assisted development in a fast-paced environment. The role blends strategic direction with hands-on depth, guiding engineers and business partners in adopting modern engineering practices, security guardrails, and responsible

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in infrastructure engineering with server/OS/virtualization expertise.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or mentoring.
• Proven systems analysis and capacity modeling skills.
• Strong data/ reporting skills with SQL, Excel, and BI tools.
• Hands-on software development in Python/PowerShell including REST APIs.
• Experience applying AI to engineering workflows (GitHub Copilot/LLMs).
• Experience with ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence; Agile/Scrum practices.
• DevOps, SDLC, CI/CD familiarity.
• Knowledge of AWS/Azure, containers, and security in hybrid cloud.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of technical work and sprint priorities.
• Set technical direction and standards for engineered solutions and automation.
• Audit and improve data quality across CMDB and provisioning workflows.
• Query and analyze enterprise data to produce dashboards and recommendations.
• Design and maintain automation/tools integrating with REST APIs.
• Lead AI-assisted development and build custom agents and prompts.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

Cloud computing

SQL/BI

Python/PowerShell

AI tooling

DevOps/CI/CD

Communication

Strategy & planning

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

VMware

OLVM

OpenStack

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible/AWX

Snowflake

Tableau/Power BI

ServiceNow/Jira/Confluence

Job description

Fidelity Investments Inc. is seeking a Director of Systems Engineering to lead a team building compute and storage solutions across on-premises data centers and public cloud.

You will drive capacity planning, lifecycle management, and cost optimization while championing AI-assisted development in a fast-paced environment. The role blends strategic direction with hands-on depth, guiding engineers and business partners in adopting modern engineering practices, security guardrails, and responsible