Vice President, Architecture

Job Description

We are seeking an accomplished Vice President of Cybersecurity Architecture with deep expertise in fraud detection, prevention, and mitigation to join the Fidelity Institutional Technology (FIT) Security Architecture team. As VP of Security Architecture, you will design and implement advanced security architectures that safeguard our digital ecosystem, protect customer trust, and reduce operational fraud risk for our FI clients. You will be a partner with enterprise security, data, engineering, product, and risk teams to architect end-to-end security solutions that identify, prevent, and respond to fraud at scale.

• You will help formulate and drive the tactical and strategic direction of FIT security architecture for critical, large-scale systems across all facets of Fidelity Institutional.
• You will collaborate with fraud analytics teams to integrate real-time fraud detection and prevention mechanisms into system design.
• You will partner with enterprise stakeholders to apply emerging AI technologies in detecting and preventing fraudulent activities within Fidelity Investments’ institutional interactions.
• You will develop and maintain fraud detection and prevention architectures, reference models, and security patterns.
• You will design end-to-end solutions for identity protection, account security, fraud analytics, and transaction integrity.
• Define and enforce security architecture standards and best practices, including cloud security design, Zero Trust principles, defense-in-depth, least-privilege access, and secure API frameworks.
• Establish comprehensive frameworks for risk assessment, threat modeling, and compliance audits to mitigate fraud and cyber threats across Fidelity Institutional Technology.
• Develop strategies for data protection, including encryption, tokenization, and secure lifecycle management for sensitive financial information.
• You will make authoritative decisions on technical issues, standards, and strategies.
• You will provide expertise to project teams on secure design and integration across the technology stack (security, cloud, Dev Sec Ops , etc.).
• You will anticipate and implement major industry system/software security trends within the Fidelity environment.
• You will lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) to assess technical and business benefits.
• You will participate in the definition and enforcement of enterprise security architecture standards across all platforms, ensuring alignment with financial regulatory requirements (e.g., SEC, FINRA, PCI DSS).

• 15+ years of experience in security architecture, analytics, design, and development of enterprise solutions across multiple platforms.
• Expertise in application security implementations and best practices; certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Fraud Detection and Analytics Certificate (ACAMS) are strong positives.
• Expertise and experience in Fraud detection, prevention and mitigation strategies.
• Deep knowledge of IAM, cryptography/key management, access controls, and security protocols (e.g., MFA, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, API security).
• Experience with Dev Sec Ops , AWS security, and secure code development.
• Proven ability to establish strategy and implement cloud enterprise solutions in AWS and/or Azure.
• Strong background in tool selection and vendor management.
• Financial industry experience a plus.
• Thought leadership in technology selection and security strategy formation.
• Ability to guide secure design across all layers of the application stack.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and mastery of security principles.
• Strong presentation, documentation, communication, and influencing skills to articulate technology direction in a business context.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Category:
Information Technology

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.

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.