Principal Systems Engineer

Soteria Reinsurance Ltd.; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to design and lead enterprise-scale systems and cloud-native infrastructure in a highly distributed environment. You will shape architecture, oversee Kubernetes clusters, and drive production readiness and observability across asset-management applications.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and implement scalable, automated solutions using AWS, Docker, and CI/CD tooling.

Qualifications

• 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 Engineer (or closely related occupation)
• 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 Engineer (or closely related occupation)

Responsibilities

• Defines and leads enterprise-level systems architecture and strategy.
• Develops and implements cloud-native scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Establishes observability standards for all supported applications.
• Develops and enhances existing functionalities by supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale.
• Develops, documents, and revises system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.
• Collaborates with developers to test and push codes or packages out to production.
• Advises senior leadership on systems engineering best practices.
• Executes complex technical and functional analysis independently across multiple initiatives.
• Mentors junior engineers.
• Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple divisional initiatives.
• Develops innovative solutions to support evolving infrastructure needs.

Skills

AWS CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Python

Shell scripting

Automation tooling

Docker

Puppet

Chef

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT/IS (or related)

Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT/IS (or related)

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Puppet

Chef

uDeploy

Datadog

Kafka

API Gateway

Job description

Principal Systems EngineerSkip to main content#Principal Systems Engineer page is loaded## Principal Systems EngineerApplylocations: Durham, NCtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: August 25, 2026 (30+ days left to apply)job requisition id: 2132382## ## Job Description:**Position Description**:**Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.**Designs and contributes to enterprise-level systems architecture and cloud infrastructure solutions. Provides production support for asset management applications. Leverages Linux, Oracle databases, AWS Cloud, networking concepts, and ITSM methodologies to ensure reliable and efficient operations. Tracks and maintains data availability, batch cycles, application health, incident triage, problem resolution, release/change implementation, cloud support, and issue analysis management, using Datadog, Kafka, Kubernetes, and DevOps tooling. Performs Kubernetes cluster administration and troubleshoot Kubernetes. Tests, maintains, and monitors computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation of computer programs and systems. Participates in all aspects of production support across the organization -- readiness, availability, resiliency, batches, and infrastructure.**Primary Responsibilities****:*** Defines and leads enterprise-level systems architecture and strategy.* Develops and implements cloud-native scalable infrastructure solutions.* Establishes observability standards for all supported applications.* Develops and enhances existing functionalities by supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale.* Develops, documents, and revises system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.* Collaborates with developers to test and push codes or packages out to production.* Advises senior leadership on systems engineering best practices.* Executes complex technical and functional analysis independently across multiple initiatives.* Mentors junior engineers.* Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple divisional initiatives.* Develops innovative solutions to support evolving infrastructure needs.**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 Engineer (or closely related occupation) designing, building, and deploying infrastructure and applications in Cloud environments -- AWS and Kubernetes Infrastructure.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 Engineer (or closely related occupation) designing, building, and deploying infrastructure and applications in Cloud environments -- AWS and Kubernetes Infrastructure.**Skills and Knowledge**:Candidate must also possess:* Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) performing automated infrastructure provisioning by creating and deploying AWS CloudFormation templates to manage resources (EC2, Security Groups, and VPC), configure dynamic routing with Route53, and implement Auto Scaling for availability and cost efficiency; and automating system administration tasks (backups and health monitoring) and web application deployments using Python and Shell scripts.* DE designing and deploying multi-tier web applications on AWS using Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) component (EC2 and Cloud Object Storage (S3)), auto scaling, and load balancer for performance optimization; and implementing serverless functions with AWS Lambda and exposing services via API Gateway.* DE implementing and migrating financial service applications using automated configuration management tools -- uDeploy, Puppet, Chef, Docker, and Mesos -- across on-premises and public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google); and implementing Cloud Infrastructure for financial service applications, using EC2, S3, VPCs, Elastic cache, and Lambda.* DE implementing and migrating micro-services to containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes for scalability and compliance; and creating S3 buckets for seamless data operations.#PE1M2#LI-DNIFidelity’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 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.