Senior Azure Engineer – Compute & Cloud Infra

LPL Financial; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 112,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Microsoft Azure Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Windows Server infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and security for client-focused financial services.

The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and close collaboration with IT teams. Candidates should have extensive Azure experience across security, monitoring, governance, and hybrid solutions to deliver reliable cloud services.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Azure services across compute, storage, networking, and databases.
• 5+ years Azure security features such as RBAC, Security Center, Key Vault, and Azure AD.
• 5+ years monitoring and managing Azure resources with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• 5+ years Azure DevOps for CI/CD and IaC, plus governance concepts.

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage Active Directory to secure user environments.
• Monitor server performance and health checks for application reliability.
• Plan upgrades, patches, and migrations with minimal disruption.
• Troubleshoot incidents to minimize impact on business processes.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for recovery procedures.
• Drive architecture designs with an automation-first, IaC approach.
• Identify risks affecting stability, resiliency, and security.
• Operate OS templates and deployment automation.
• Evaluate tools and participate in roadmap planning.
• Stay updated with industry trends and propose improvements.

Skills

Azure architecture

Azure security

Azure monitoring

Azure DevOps

Azure hybrid

Windows Server

PowerShell

Scripting

Communication

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Infoblox

ServiceNow

JIRA

Job description

LPL Financial in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Microsoft Azure Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Windows Server infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and security for client-focused financial services.

The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and close collaboration with IT teams. Candidates should have extensive Azure experience across security, monitoring, governance, and hybrid solutions to deliver reliable cloud services.