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Principal Systems Analyst

Principal Systems Analyst

locationSmithfield, RI, USA
PublishedPublished: 10/9/2025
Full Time

Job Description:

The Role

Identity & Access Management of Enterprise Cybersecurity (ECS) is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Principal Systems Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including businesses, security, compliance, and product management, to analyze complex data sets, identify trends, and translate business requirements into actionable insights. Your work will directly support program execution decision-making and help us improve our strategic program execution efficiency and security posture. This position is ideal for an individual with a strong foundation in data analysis, a passion for technology, and a keen eye for uncovering valuable insights from unstructured data.

The Team

Enterprise Cybersecurity is responsible for protecting Fidelity from external and internal threats against our infrastructure, data and systems. You will join a team focused on delivering high-impact product analysis. Your contributions will help drive the decommissioning of legacy platforms and support the implementation of strategic, forward-looking solutions. In this role, you will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, fellow product analysts, squad leads, engineers, and architects to support key initiatives within the Identity & Access Management product domain.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • 8+ years’ experience as systems analyst or business analyst delivering software using agile development practices. Additional experience in the cybersecurity or financial services industry would be beneficial.

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent career experience in either Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business Information Systems or related field

  • Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools: You should be highly skilled in Python, SQL, and Tableau or PowerBI to analyze complex datasets, create predictive models/patterns, and visualize findings.

  • Experience in cybersecurity and IT operations: Knowledge of Identity & Access Management (IAM), log analysis, and datamining and monitoring are essential. Familiarity with tools like SailPoint is a plus.

  • Strong analytical capabilities: You have a proven ability to sift through unstructured data, logs, and alerts, clean and organize them, and transform overlooked details into meaningful insights.

  • Experience with Jira and Jira Align, or other comparable Agile tools is a plus

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills: You can clearly articulate technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences through reports and dashboards.

The Value You Deliver

  • Expert understanding of complex business needs and challenges with a keen ability to influence product strategy to enable customer success

  • Expertise in eliciting requirements from non-technical and technical stakeholders across the enterprise and translating them to well-defined, consumable epics and stories with clear business value and acceptance criteria with a focus on user needs

  • Expert mastery of advanced business analysis techniques and product ownership skills including translating analysis into actionable insights to inform product and team objectives

  • Expert ability to conduct research and analysis independently including applying data-driven insights, constructing complex diagrams and visualizations, and documenting current and future state of complex projects

  • Functions as a domain expert of team’s product(s) and processes and seeks opportunities to document and share knowledge to prevent single point of failure

  • Successfully navigates competing priorities and aligns teams across the enterprise to drive strategic, product delivery

  • Champions and leads cross-team and cross-product area collaboration to drive strong business outcomes

  • Excellent presentation and facilitation skills including proposing informed solutions and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences

  • Creates and maintains complex documentation for reference by external teams and stakeholders including product documentation, technical diagrams, and business requirement documents

  • Operates with a continuous improvement mentality and mentor's junior analysts by sharing expertise and cultivating curiosity.

Related Certifications

  • Certifications such as CISA, CISM, ISC2 SSCP, CISSP, IIBA (CCBA, CBAP, POA), and Cyber or technical certificates are a plus.

The base salary range for this position is $89,000-$150,000 per year.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please 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.

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

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Information Technology