The Director, Data Platform role at Fidelity involves leading modernization efforts for critical recordkeeping platforms while ensuring their resiliency and performance. This position requires deep expertise in mainframe development and a commitment to coaching and mentoring engineering talent. The director will collaborate with various leaders to define modernization roadmaps and establish engineering standards. The role emphasizes innovation, operational excellence, and the adoption of modern engineering practices across multiple platforms.

• Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field
• 12 plus years of software engineering experience, including significant experience supporting and developing large-scale mainframe applications
• Deep expertise with COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and enterprise mainframe development practices
• Strong experience designing, developing, and supporting mission-critical recordkeeping, transaction processing, and data management platforms
• Hands-on experience with SQL in DB2 and Oracle environments
• Experience driving application modernization initiatives, including API enablement, legacy transformation, cloud integration, and platform simplification
• Experience with Java, RESTful services, and distributed application architectures preferred
• Experience with ETL technologies, Informatica, data integration, and large-volume data processing
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, and cloud-native engineering practices is a bonus
• Experience with event streaming technologies such as Kafka and low-latency data platforms such as Redis is a plus
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, DevSecOps practices, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles
• Proven ability to influence engineering and technology strategy across multiple organizations and stakeholder groups
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and organizational leadership capabilities
• Critical thinking skills and experience balancing modernization objectives with operational stability and risk management
• Financial Services experience preferred

• Provide technical and organizational leadership for globally distributed engineering teams responsible for critical business applications
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and Engineering leaders to deliver business solutions that align with strategic objectives and technology roadmaps
• Establish engineering standards, architecture principles, and governance practices that promote scalability, resiliency, maintainability, and security
• Lead modernization initiatives involving cloud integration, API enablement, application transformation, and data platform evolution
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including Agile, DevSecOps, automation, observability, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Remove organizational and technical impediments that impact team effectiveness, delivery execution, and platform performance
• Champion operational excellence through proactive risk management, system resiliency, performance optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure platforms meet reliability, security, compliance, performance, scalability, and availability objectives
• Communicate strategy, priorities, progress, risks, and outcomes effectively to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
• Guide investment decisions and modernization priorities by balancing business value, technical debt reduction, platform stability, and long-term strategic outcomes
• Build and develop a high-performing engineering organization through mentorship, coaching, talent development, and succession planning
• Foster innovation and adoption of emerging technologies and modernization patterns that support the organization's long-term data platform and technology vision

• Fidelity offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, retirement contributions, comprehensive healthcare coverage, parental leave, tuition assistance, wellness programs, and extensive professional development opportunities.