Where Ambition Meets Innovation
Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting‑edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.
Job Overview:
This role serves as a senior individual-contributor architecture leader within Enterprise Architecture. The Principal Architect partners directly with cross-functional technology leaders to define and steward the DevSecOps architecture strategy, contributing to the broader enterprise architecture vision and platform engineering roadmap.
The role blends strategic influence with deep technical engagement by owning reference architectures, shaping delivery standards, and ensuring security, compliance, and engineering velocity operate as aligned outcomes across LPL’s regulated technology environment.
Responsibilities:
Define and maintain the enterprise DevSecOps reference architecture, including CI/CD standards, Infrastructure as Code patterns, container platforms, and secrets management
Develop and execute DevSecOps roadmaps aligned with enterprise architecture priorities and regulatory requirements
Establish policy-as-code frameworks and implement automated security controls within delivery pipelines
Design and evolve the internal developer platform (IDP) through standardized workflows, reusable templates, and golden paths
Integrate security practices across the SDLC, including SAST, DAST, container scanning, SBOM, and secrets management
Translate regulatory and audit requirements into automated and enforceable platform-level controls
Define and govern AWS-based architectures across hybrid cloud and on-premise environments
Establish IaC standards using Terraform, including module development, remote state management, and GitOps workflows
Collaborate with infrastructure teams on Kubernetes architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security controls
Evaluate emerging tools and technologies, including AI-assisted development and AIOps capabilities
Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across DevSecOps and platform engineering practices
Produce architecture artifacts including reference architectures, ADRs, and capability assessments
Represent DevSecOps architecture in governance forums and influence enterprise technology direction
What Are We Looking For?
We want strong collaborators who consistently pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. The ideal candidate demonstrates the ability to win together across cross-functional teams while fostering an environment that helps teams create and share joy through innovation, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering
3+ years of experience in an architect or senior technical leadership capacity
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster architecture and security controls such as RBAC and network policies
Experience using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, including module design and remote state management
Core Competencies:
Strategic systems thinking with the ability to translate delivery and security strategy into executable architecture
Ability to define DevSecOps strategy and cloud adoption roadmaps aligned with enterprise goals
Proficiency in Architecture as Code practices with integration into CI/CD workflows
Knowledge of AI Ops and generative AI patterns applied to software delivery environments
Continuous learning mindset across DevSecOps, AI/ML, and modern engineering practices
Understanding of DevOps, Continuous Delivery, Lean Enterprise, and Agile methodologies
Ability to influence stakeholders and lead through collaboration in large, matrixed organizations
Experience operating in complex, regulated environments with high-scale, mission-critical systems
Preferences:
GitHub Actions experience, including pipeline-as-code, reusable workflows, and matrix strategies
AWS architecture experience including IAM, VPC design, EKS, ECR, and security tooling
Experience integrating SAST, DAST, SBOM, and container security tools into CI/CD pipelines
Experience implementing Architecture as Code frameworks with automated compliance and drift detection
Experience designing and integrating AI/ML or AIOps capabilities into engineering platforms
Pay Range:
$155,942.00 - $259,869.00Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!
Company Overview:
LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.
At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.
For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.
Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.
Information on Interviews:
LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering
- 3+ years of experience in an architect or senior technical leadership capacity
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster architecture and security controls (RBAC, network policies)
- Experience using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, including module design and remote state management
- AWS architecture experience (IAM, VPC design, EKS, ECR)
- GitHub Actions experience, including pipeline-as-code and reusable workflows
- Experience integrating SAST, DAST, SBOM, and container security tools into CI/CD pipelines
- Experience implementing Architecture as Code frameworks with automated compliance and drift detection
- Experience designing or integrating AI/ML or AIOps capabilities into engineering platforms
LPL Financial Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LPL Financial and has not been reviewed or approved by LPL Financial.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a company 401(k) match that is frequently highlighted as a strong component of total rewards. Feedback suggests these features meaningfully enhance long‑term financial value.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a meaningful discount and lookback is highlighted as accessible ownership. Feedback suggests the plan adds tangible upside beyond base salary.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave has been expanded alongside family‑building and adoption support. Feedback suggests these benefits compare well to large‑employer standards.
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What We Do
Financial advice is changing, and at LPL Financial, we’re at the forefront. We’re building a future where advisors can—with no friction or complexity, as simple as turning the dials—pick the business model, services, technology, and product mix that best meet their clients’ needs. With one platform, one sign-on, and one team to call, you can take your business anywhere you want it to go. There are no limits to your growth, and we’ll partner with you every step of the way. Your greatness is our goal. LPL Financial is a leader in the retail financial advice market and the nation’s largest independent broker/dealer*. We serve independent financial advisors and financial institutions, providing them with the technology, research, clearing and compliance services, and practice management programs they need to create and grow thriving practices. LPL enables them to provide objective guidance to millions of American families seeking wealth management, retirement planning, financial planning and asset management solutions. LPL.com Securities and Advisory Services offered through LPL Financial. A registered investment advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.
