AVP Edge Security Engineer - Secure, Scalable Edge Infra

LPL Financial; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 123,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Edge Security Engineer in Tempe to architect, build, and maintain enterprise edge infrastructure and security controls for a 24/7 environment. You will design technical designs, write documentation, and work with cross‑functional teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

The role reports to the VP II of Network & Security Engineering and collaborates with engineering, security, and business stakeholders to advance LPL’s edge security strategy and roadmap.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands‑on experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise edge infrastructure and security controls
• 4+ years’ hands‑on experience with enterprise monitoring platforms (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, Grafana)
• 3+ years’ hands‑on experience with global load balancing (GLB) solutions (e.g., NS1, AWS Route 53, UltraDNS, Cloudflare Load Balancing)
• 2+ years’ hands‑on experience managing enterprise DNS solutions (e.g., Infoblox, BIND)
• 2+ years’ experience building infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, or Go
• 4+ years’ experience collaborating with development teams and project/program managers to architect and deliver infrastructure solutions

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and support highly available, secure, and scalable edge infrastructure
• Partner with Enterprise and Security Architecture teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise security standards
• Perform continuous edge threat hunting and mitigation
• Define and implement edge security infrastructure standards to drive automation, scale, and consistency
• Improve availability, security, and observability while closing control gaps across edge environments
• Conduct research and proof-of-concepts (POCs) to evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-driven solutions
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering teams and business stakeholders to deliver secure, customer-focused solutions
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting availability, security, and performance incidents

Skills

Edge infra design

CDN platforms

Monitoring platforms

Global load balancing

DNS management

Infrastructure automation

Dev team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

Cloudflare

Fastly

Akamai

Splunk

Dynatrace

Datadog

Grafana

NS1

AWS Route 53

Infoblox

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Go

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Microsoft 365

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Edge Security Engineer in Tempe to architect, build, and maintain enterprise edge infrastructure and security controls for a 24/7 environment. You will design technical designs, write documentation, and work with cross‑functional teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

The role reports to the VP II of Network & Security Engineering and collaborates with engineering, security, and business stakeholders to advance LPL’s edge security strategy and roadmap.