Senior Edge Security Engineer - Cloud & Automation

lplfinancial; Fort Mill (SC); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Edge Security Engineer to architect, build, and support enterprise‑level edge infrastructure and security controls. You will develop technical designs, documentation, and architecture artifacts aligned with security and infrastructure standards.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in edge infrastructure and security, with experience across CDN platforms, monitoring, and automation, and a proven ability to drive projects in a fast‑paced enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, building, and supporting enterprise edge infrastructure and security controls using CDN platforms
• 4+ years of experience with enterprise monitoring platforms (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, Grafana)
• 3+ years of experience with global load balancing solutions (e.g., NS1, AWS Route53, UltraDNS, Cloudflare Load Balancing)
• 2+ years managing enterprise DNS solutions (e.g., Infoblox, BIND)
• 2+ years building infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, Python, or Go
• 4+ years collaborating with development teams and project/program managers to architect and deliver infrastructure solutions

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and support highly available, secure 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 infrastructure

CDN platforms

Monitoring platforms

Global load balancing

DNS management

Infrastructure automation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Go

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Microsoft 365

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Edge Security Engineer to architect, build, and support enterprise‑level edge infrastructure and security controls. You will develop technical designs, documentation, and architecture artifacts aligned with security and infrastructure standards.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in edge infrastructure and security, with experience across CDN platforms, monitoring, and automation, and a proven ability to drive projects in a fast‑paced enterprise environment.