Vice President, Security Architecture

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Job Description:

Job Title Vice President, Security Architecture

The Role We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Security Architecture Lead to drive strategic security initiatives across our technology landscape. This role involves close collaboration with product and engineering teams across Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology (BRT), Trade Management Engineering (TME), and Enterprise groups to design secure, scalable solutions aligned with business priorities. The ideal candidate will lead the development and implementation of robust application security architectures, continuously evaluate emerging threats, and integrate new technologies to enhance Fidelity’s security posture.

They will also define the strategic vision and roadmap for security solutions, conduct hands-on proof-of-concepts, and provide migration paths to support product teams.

Key responsibilities include engaging with senior leadership to influence product roadmaps, driving adoption of enterprise security standards, and producing high-quality documentation such as blueprints and frameworks. The Security Architecture Lead will mentor application teams on secure development practices and play a pivotal role in shaping the security strategy across BRT, TME, and the broader enterprise. This position requires strong technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to foster collaboration across cross-functional teams to ensure Fidelity remains at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation.
** The Expertise and Skills You Bring
*** Deep understanding of application security frameworks, disciplines and practices, experience with secure application development and application security risk mitigation techniques
* Deep technical understanding of and experience with security technologies including, but not limited to, Identity and Access Management, cryptography, key management, OIDC, OAuth, SAML, Azure AD, OPA
* Experience architecting and implementing solutions for identity management including single sign-on and federated identity management, authorization and identity provisioning
* Depth of knowledge in architecture and an ability to translate business objectives into technology solutions. Experience in a wide array of architecture patterns including architecting highly performant systems, event-driven architectures, APIs, data architecture and security architectures
* Deep experience in architecting, designing & building highly scalable, low-latency applications
* Demonstrated desire and skill to turn concept and theory into pragmatic implementations by performing end-to-end hands-on proofs of concept, providing concrete solutions and clear migration plans to enable adoption.
* Demonstrated ability in defining new and/or evolving existing strategies, aligning with enterprise direction, collaborating with, and influencing technology partners to adopt and implement accordingly
* Experience addressing unique security considerations of cloud computing, especially that of AWS
* Experience leading Security architecture teams and working with security vendors
* Experience guiding and coaching engineering teams regarding security best practices and following through with oversight on implementation.
* Good interpersonal and communication skills
* Passion and curiosity to work with others to foster ideas and produce creative solutions to intricate problems while making smart choices balancing design and delivery
* Experience of developing applications with Java, Spring Boot, Node, and experience working with API’s (both API Development & API Consumption)
* Experience in designing, developing, and deploying applications on AWS. Practical knowledge of a broad range of AWS services, including compute, containers, databases, analytics, and security
* Well-grounded knowledge of engineering and continuous delivery practices
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
** The Team
** You will a member of the Architecture team that provides the direction, decisions and solutions for Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology and Trade Management Engineering groups. Throughout the implementation of the…