VP Cloud Lead — Enterprise Platform Architect (Equity)

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 160,000 - 267,000; 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 a Vice President, Cloud Lead to shape our cloud ecosystem and drive scalable, secure enterprise platforms. You will guide cloud transformation, collaborate with Product, Architecture, and Engineering, and deliver solutions that align with business goals, security standards, and operational excellence.

Lead cross-functional teams, influence technology strategy, and mentor engineers to sustain engineering excellence across cloud-native and hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in software development, architecture, and enterprise technology delivery.
• 5+ years designing and developing cloud or hybrid-cloud solutions.
• 5+ years full-stack development with C#, Angular, and relational databases.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting solutions on AWS cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable enterprise apps and platform services in cloud/hybrid environments.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, QA, Release Management, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Participate in all SDLC phases from design to deployment and ongoing enhancements.
• Design solutions aligned with enterprise standards, security, and cloud best practices.
• Develop and support reusable platform components, APIs, apps, and services for enterprise needs.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex issues.
• Evaluate emerging tech and recommend architecture and process improvements.
• Contribute to solution planning, technical estimates, and roadmaps.
• Maintain technical documentation across lifecycles.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Cloud-native development

Microservices

DevSecOps

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

AWS design & deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a Vice President, Cloud Lead to shape our cloud ecosystem and drive scalable, secure enterprise platforms. You will guide cloud transformation, collaborate with Product, Architecture, and Engineering, and deliver solutions that align with business goals, security standards, and operational excellence.

Lead cross-functional teams, influence technology strategy, and mentor engineers to sustain engineering excellence across cloud-native and hybrid environments.