Senior Network Engineer

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Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you'll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

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Join LPL Financial's Network Engineering team and help build the technology foundation that supports one of the nation's leading financial services organizations. As a Senior Network Engineer, you'll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and optimizing modern networking solutions across branch locations, data centers, and hybrid cloud environments. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge networking technologies, contribute to large-scale infrastructure initiatives, and collaborate with talented technology professionals focused on delivering secure, resilient, and scalable solutions for our advisors and clients. If you're passionate about network architecture, operational excellence, and continuous innovation, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Overview

LPL Financial is seeking a Senior Network Engineer responsible for the design, engineering, implementation, and operational support of Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and branch office networking environments within a hybrid data center and cloud infrastructure. This role is focused on delivering highly available, secure, and scalable network solutions that support LPL's business objectives, advisor experiences, and client needs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and support network infrastructure across branch offices, data centers, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Engineer and administer LAN and WAN technologies, including MPLS, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), and SD-WAN solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement improvements that enhance network stability, performance, and security.
• Partner with internal technology teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and service providers to deliver networking initiatives and support operational requirements.
• Develop and implement network solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and industry best practices.
• Perform network performance monitoring, capacity planning, compliance assessments, optimization, and reporting.
• Support branch office deployments, infrastructure modernization efforts, and technology transformation initiatives.

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 network engineering experience designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Cisco routing, switching, and wireless networking solutions.
• Experience leading or supporting branch office network deployments across small, mid-sized, and large-scale environments.
• Experience implementing network security controls and utilizing network monitoring and logging platforms such as SolarWinds, LiveNX, ELK, or similar solutions.
• Experience performing network performance analysis, optimization, compliance reviews, capacity planning, and operational reporting.
• Ability to travel as needed, up to approximately 35%, based on business requirements.

Core Competencies

• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience designing, architecting, planning, and implementing routing, switching, and data center networking solutions in multi-vendor environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and drive projects to successful completion.

Preferences

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Cisco certifications such as CCNA or CCNP.
• Experience with Cisco Wireless, Cisco SD-WAN, Software-Defined Access (SDA), and Fortinet technologies.
• Knowledge of networking protocols and standards including VLANs, Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), OSPF, BGP, DNS, and 802.1X authentication.

Pay Range: $41.10-$68.53/hour

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!

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 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. 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 View phone number on click.appcast.io.