AVP Network Security Architect

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 104,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

health benefits

employee stock options

paid time off

volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP Tech Network Engineer, Security to design, engineer, and operate network security products for clients and advisors. The role focuses on Palo Alto, Cisco FTD, and Fortinet firewalls with hands-on automation using Python or PERL.

It covers VPN/I​SE/NAC, cloud firewall deployments, and proactive threat mitigation, with travel up to 10%. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in network security engineering, experience with Radware, Cisco, Fortinet and Palo Alto, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• CCNA/CCNP/CISSP certifications are a plus.
• Experience with scripting and automation tools.
• 5+ years of Network and Security Engineering experience, with emphasis on security products from Radware, Fortinet, Cisco and Palo Alto.
• 2+ years of security technologies/products, such as DDoS, proxy, VPN, firewall orchestration and/or NAC.
• 2+ years of network security hardening and controls; experience with monitoring and logging tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer solutions focused on Palo Alto and Cisco FTD, Fortinet firewalls.
• Automation development using Python or PERL and APIs for data exchange.
• Engineering and operations of VPN and Cisco ISE/NAC remote access.
• Implementing firewall solutions in AWS cloud with auto-scaling.
• Troubleshoot complex network security issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Security hardening of platform devices to reduce vulnerability footprint.
• Manage firewall service requests and logging of firewall traffic.
• Maintain security baseline standards, design docs and diagrams.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Skills

Network Security

Security Technologies

Security Hardening

Network Defense

Scripting & Automation

Agile

Education

Bachelor's Degree

CCNA/CCNP/CISSP

Tools

Radware

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Cisco

Cisco ISE

SolarWinds

LiveNX

ELK

AWS Firewall

Azure Firewall

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP Tech Network Engineer, Security to design, engineer, and operate network security products for clients and advisors. The role focuses on Palo Alto, Cisco FTD, and Fortinet firewalls with hands-on automation using Python or PERL.

It covers VPN/I​SE/NAC, cloud firewall deployments, and proactive threat mitigation, with travel up to 10%. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in network security engineering, experience with Radware, Cisco, Fortinet and Palo Alto, and