Senior Systems Analyst – Agile Delivery & Release Lead

Fidelity Investments Inc.; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite working model

Job summary

Fidelity Investments Inc. in Durham, NC seeks a Principal Systems Analyst to bridge business, product, and development teams. You will translate requirements into actionable tasks, guide an offshore/onsite Scrum team, and drive release coordination across interdependent projects.

The role emphasizes agile leadership, mentorship of junior analysts, and shaping standard methodologies while ensuring alignment with business goals and technical feasibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in systems analysis focused on building software solutions for technology initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of Agile development methodologies and scrum tools - Jira, Jira Align experience desired.
• Experience in developing and authoring solution requirements and specifications for moderate to complex software systems
• Experience with SQL and API consumer tools such as Insomnia.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technology subject area
• Ability to mentor and coach junior analysts across divergent functions, experiences, and geographies
• Ability to influence behavior without having an organizational hierarchy.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and adaptive to organizational changes
• Ability to brainstorm with teams on solutions to address challenges and roadblocks.
• Effective communication and people-interaction skills
• Efficiency in written and verbal communications and dedication to tailoring content to the appropriate audience
• Ability to rapidly assimilate business processes into well-defined User-Stories/requirements
• Flexibility to adjust work schedule to accommodate U.S. and India-based teams

Responsibilities

• The Principal Systems Analyst will be the main liaison between our business, product, and development teams.
• You will take business requirements and turn them into workable tasks.
• You will be part of a highly collaborative, multi-functional, and geographically distributed scrum team.
• You will be responsible for release management coordination and participate in scaling ceremonies and activities as you manage interdependencies across Teams.
• You will examine and drive team performance through metrics and find opportunities for the team to fully realize the benefits of working in an agile structure.
• By demonstrating and promoting Fidelity and agile leadership behaviors, you will evolve and sustain an innovative agile culture.
• You will assist with requirement gathering and story writing and may participate in a wider Scrum of Scrums to help influence standard methodologies at a tribe level.

Skills

System analysis

Agile methodologies

Jira

Jira Align

SQL

API experience

Bachelor’s degree in CS

Mentoring

Influence without hierarchy

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related tech

Tools

Insomnia

Job description

Fidelity Investments Inc. in Durham, NC seeks a Principal Systems Analyst to bridge business, product, and development teams. You will translate requirements into actionable tasks, guide an offshore/onsite Scrum team, and drive release coordination across interdependent projects.

The role emphasizes agile leadership, mentorship of junior analysts, and shaping standard methodologies while ensuring alignment with business goals and technical feasibility.