VP Cloud Compute, Microsoft Azure

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a Vice President, Cloud Compute – Microsoft Azure, to lead our Azure adoption and build a high‑performing team of Senior Cloud Engineers. You will partner with architecture, cybersecurity, finance, risk, and infrastructure to drive secure, scalable cloud services aligned to business goals.

You will establish cloud standards, remove adoption barriers, and ensure governance, cost management, and reliable delivery while advancing modernization across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading enterprise Azure/cloud engineering or cloud-adoption programs.
• 5+ years Azure architecture across compute, storage, networking, containers, monitoring.
• 5+ years designing Azure landing zones and implementing governance (Policy, RBAC, tagging, cost controls).

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Microsoft Azure strategy, roadmap, and cloud-adoption program.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of Senior Cloud Engineers.
• Partner with application and business teams to assess workloads and plan migrations.
• Establish landing zones, subscriptions, governance, and cost-management controls.
• Drive automation-first deployments using IaC, reusable patterns, and CI/CD.
• Develop self-service cloud capabilities for efficient deployment of Azure services.
• Oversee Azure compute, storage, networking, containers, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Promote cloud-native architectures and modern patterns; adopt AI and automation initiatives.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity and Risk to meet security/compliance needs.
• Establish FinOps practices for cost forecasting and optimization.

Skills

Leadership

Azure architecture

Cloud strategy

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Jira

ServiceNow

Azure Policy

Job description

Lead with Purpose, Unlock Your Team’s Passion

At LPL, people leaders hold the key to the employee experience — shaping culture, driving performance, and guiding individuals to new heights. Because when that happens, we all win – clients, LPL, and most importantly our, employees.

If you're ready to lead with intention and discover what’s possible.

Job Overview

Join us as Vice President, Cloud Compute – Microsoft Azure, where you will lead our Azure cloud-adoption strategy and manage a team of Senior Cloud Engineers responsible for building secure, scalable, automated, and reliable cloud services.

This role will partner with application teams, architecture, cybersecurity, finance, risk, and infrastructure leaders to accelerate the adoption of Microsoft Azure. The successful candidate will establish cloud standards, remove adoption barriers, improve delivery processes, and ensure Azure services are governed, cost-effective, resilient, and aligned with business priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise Microsoft Azure strategy, roadmap, and cloud-adoption program.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of Senior Cloud Engineers.
• Partner with application and business teams to assess workloads and create cloud migration and modernization plans.
• Establish Azure landing zones, subscriptions, management groups, policies, access controls, tagging, and governance standards.
• Drive an automation-first approach using infrastructure as code, reusable deployment patterns, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead the development of self-service cloud capabilities that allow teams to deploy approved Azure services efficiently.
• Oversee Azure compute, storage, networking, containers, platform services, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Promote cloud-native architectures, managed services, containers, serverless technologies, and modern application patterns.
• Lead the adoption of Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, AIOps, and intelligent automation to improve engineering productivity and operational support.
• Partner with Cybersecurity and Risk teams to ensure Azure solutions meet security, regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Establish FinOps practices for cloud forecasting, cost allocation, consumption reporting, rightsizing, and optimization.
• Use Jira to manage engineering backlogs, roadmaps, epics, priorities, dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Use ServiceNow to support cloud requests, incidents, problems, changes, configuration management, and service delivery workflows.
• Define and report cloud-adoption metrics, delivery progress, platform health, cost trends, risks, and business outcomes.
• Evaluate new Azure services and technology products that improve cloud adoption, reliability, automation, and client experience.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for Azure platform, cloud engineering, and adoption-related issues.
• Maintain strategic relationships with Microsoft and other cloud technology partners.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience leading enterprise Azure, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or cloud-adoption programs.
• 5+ years of Azure architecture across compute, storage, networking, containers, platform services, monitoring, and resiliency.
• 5+ years experience designing Azure landing zones and implementing cloud governance using Azure Policy, management groups, role-based access control, tagging, and cost-management controls.

Core Competencies

• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation using technologies such as Terraform, PowerShell, Azure DevOps, or GitHub.
• Experience leading cloud migrations, application modernization, and workload-placement decisions.
• Experience with Azure security, cloud risk management, regulatory controls, and audit requirements.
• Strong understanding of cloud financial management, forecasting, licensing, and cost optimization.
• Experience using Jira to manage technical delivery and ServiceNow to support enterprise service-management processes.
• Strong executive communication, leadership, planning, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferences

• Experience within financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure OpenAI, and Microsoft Copilot.
• Experience building internal cloud platforms, service catalogs, or self-service deployment capabilities.
• Familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering, product management, and FinOps practices.
• Microsoft Azure architecture, security, DevOps, or AI certifications.

Please note: This position does not offer work authorization sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have valid U.S. work authorization that does not require employer sponsorship.

Pay Range

$155,300.00 - $258,800.00

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more.

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from a @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at [phone].

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