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# Principal Systems Analyst

- **Company:** Fmr LLC
- **Location:** Durham, NC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Documentation, Information Sciences, Systems Analysis, Software Architecture
- **Published:** September 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a5a19d6b52ec23be

## About the Role

* BS or Master's in Computer or Information Science, Engineering, or Mathematics
 * 7 years of Analysis experience, with a proven track record of delivery of complex technology projects
 * Strong interpersonal, relationship management, and facilitation skills
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills with business and technical team members across the organization
 * Ability to read/analyze code and logs for defect/incident triage and root cause analysis is strongly desired
 * Ability to understand the technology and software architecture of a complex application stack
 * Ability to quickly learn, adapt and strive to meet the needs of a fast paced, constantly changing environment
 * Ability to multi-task effectively while keeping track of details
 * Strong understanding of financial markets and equity/option trading

The Skills You Bring

 * Expert knowledge and experience of taking complex features and breaking them into clear and concise stories with well-defined business value and acceptance criteria
 * Experience with minimum viable product definition and product backlog management
 * Ability to comprehend and articulate end-to-end system workflows
 * Strong contributor with a collaborative work style
 * Ability to manage competing priorities and communicate impediments appropriately
 * Ability to establish and maintain trusted relationships with business and technology partners
 * Comfortable having trade-off conversations with business partners
 * Experience working with QA and customer-facing resources on test scenarios
 * Experience detecting scope changes and escalation of issues
 * Effective management of project-related tasks and issues
 * A keen eye for understanding the core of a problem, with the ability to adapt existing requirements for new technologies and business capabilities

## Description

* Lead the requirements gathering of new features and/or enhancements for the order validation component of the modern, cloud-based order management system
 * Collaborate with technology and business teams to deliver high-quality solutions for business problems
 * Bring curiosity and a questioning mind-set to work, asking always about the why, and the value of new features and enhancements to the platform
 * Contribute to enhancing systems analysis practices across a global team
 * Mentor junior systems analysts when opportunities arise
 * Work on multiple projects concurrently
 * Monitor documentation standards and best practices


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