Principal Solution Architect

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Job Overview:

The Principal Solution Architect is responsible for the leadership, analysis, design, and execution of Enterprise Solution Architecture (ESA) initiatives. This role supports our extraordinary company growth projections and digital experiences vision, while also managing short-term projects with defined deliverables. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with finance functions such as moving money, corporate actions, retirement processes, banking operations, payment systems, and ACH (Automated Clearing House) transactions. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise solution architecture modeling and design by collaborating with cross-domain architects and leadership to deliver domain-driven, scalable, service-based solutions. 

• Partner with engineering teams to collaborate and drive design and architecture decisions, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical standards. Implement and enforce architecture governance to ensure consistency, compliance, and quality across solutions. 

• Develop blueprint architectures, including multi-year transition plans and recommendations to drive transformation and modernization for enterprise-wide initiatives. Participate in strategy development for building and maintaining the modern architectural runway via Enabler Epics. 

• Collaborate with business, product, program management and technology teams early in the product lifecycle to infuse end-to-end architecture thinking—covering both functional and non-functional aspects. 

• Promote Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevSecOps capabilities. Facilitate reuse of code, components, and proven patterns supporting modern architecture. 

What are we looking for?

We want strong collaborators who can deliver a world-class client experience. We are looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment, are client-focused, team oriented, and are able to execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• 8+ years of hands-on design and implementation experience in IT. Proficiency in defining current and future state architecture models. Experience with event-driven architecture using Kafka or Kinesis.

• 3+ years of experience in application development, API design, microservices, middleware, database management or operations, security, or integration, DevOps and containerization. 

• Strong understanding of financial markets, especially wealth management, banking and or Fintech. 

• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including EKS, Glue, Lambda, and RDS.  Strong understanding of AWS security best practices. Experience migrating monolithic on-prem applications to the cloud using refactoring, re-architecting, and re-platforming approaches, including 12-factor methodology. 

• Coordinate and manage financial operations related to projects, including payment processing, ACH transactions, and money movement, with experience in cash management workflows, banking or lending solutions (such as securities-based lending or insured cash accounts), corporate actions, or move money operations.

Core Competencies:

• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles

• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills

• Has knowledge of compliance. Materially contributes to ensuring work is compliant with regulatory and internal standards.

• Has knowledge of prioritization. Is able to prioritize own work and to contribute to the prioritization of work of the team.

• Has knowledge of solution architecture and contributes to process.

Preferences:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect 

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Pay Range:

$151,388-$252,313/year
 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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!
 

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. LPL supports over 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth-management practices of 1,100 financial institution, servicing and custodying approximately $1.9 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 7 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.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Join LPL Financial: Where Your Potential Meets Opportunity

At LPL Financial, we believe that everyone deserves objective financial guidance. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of cutting-edge technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services.

Why LPL?

• Innovative Environment: We foster creativity and growth, providing a supportive and responsive leadership team. Learn more about our leadership team here!

• Limitless Career Potential: Your career at LPL has no limits, only amazing potential. Learn more about our careers here!

• Unified Mission: We are one team on one mission—taking care of our advisors so they can take care of their clients. Learn more about our mission and values here!

• Impactful Work: Our size is just right for you to make a real impact. Learn more here!

• Commitment to Equality: We support workplace equality and embrace diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Learn more here!

• Community Focus: We care for our communities and encourage our employees to do the same. Learn more here!

• Benefits and Total Rewards: Our Total Rewards package goes beyond just compensation and insurance. It includes a mix of traditional and unique benefits, perks, and resources designed to enhance your life both at work and at home. Learn more here!

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @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 (855) 575-6947.

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