Sr Engineer, Technology Ops

LPL Financial LLC; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial Corp in Hyderabad seeks an experienced Sr Engineer, Technology Ops to ensure recovery capability of the tech infrastructure and to implement best practices across systems and platforms supporting advisors and clients.

The role includes leading recovery plans, scripting failovers, automating tasks, and participating in on-call rotations to keep critical services available around the clock.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/IT/Engineering.
• 5+ years in technology operations, disaster recovery, or similar.
• Proven expertise in executing application and data center failovers.
• Strong failover scripting and orchestration tooling experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and IaC tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level application analysis across servers, networks, databases, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure).
• Lead creation of recovery plans and runbooks to meet RTO/RPO objectives.
• Partner with teams to develop scripted failover capabilities for critical apps.
• Automate tasks using scripting languages and automation tools to improve efficiency.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support critical systems 24/7.
• Contribute to operational policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers with guidance and technical expertise.
• Evaluate new technologies to improve reliability; maintain system documentation.

Skills

Cloud operations

Disaster recovery

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

Failover orchestration

Linux/Windows admin

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Where Ambition Meets Innovation At LPL’s Global Capability Center, you'll find a collaborative culture where your voice matters, integrity guides every decision, and technology fuels progress. Your skills, talents, and ideas will redefine what's possible. LPL's success reflects its exceptional employees, who together pursue one noble purpose: empowering financial advisors to deliver personalized advice for all who need it. We’re proud to be expanding and reaching new heights in Hyderabad. Join us as we create something extraordinary together.

Job Summary

As a Sr Engineer, Technology Ops at LPL Financial Corp, you will play a critical role in ensuring the recovery capability of our technology infrastructure. You will be responsible for advanced operational support and the implementation of best practices across various systems and platforms to support LPL's advisors and clients.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level application analysis across multiple domains, including servers, networks, databases, and cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Lead the creation of recovery plans and runbooks to streamline fail overs to meet Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives.
• Partner with peer engineering teams to develop scripted fail over capabilities for critical applications.
• Automate operational tasks and workflows using scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) and automation tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems and applications.
• Contribute to the development and enforcement of operational policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance and technical expertise.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance operational capabilities and improve system reliability.
• Maintain accurate documentation of system configurations, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guides.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a technology operations, disaster recovery, or similar role, preferably in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Proven expertise in executing application and data center failovers.
• Strong proficiency in failover scripting and orchestration tooling.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) including infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Financial services industry experience is a plus.