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What if you could build a career where ambition meets innovation? At LPL Financial, we empower professionals to shape their success while helping clients pursue their financial goals with confidence. What if you could have access to cutting‑edge resources, a collaborative environment, and the freedom to make an impact? If you're ready to take the next step, discover what's possible with LPL Financial.

Job Overview

LPL is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer to enhance system resilience and visibility across our enterprise platforms. This role will focus on designing and implementing scalable observability solutions that support rapid incident response, performance optimization, and continuous improvement. You will collaborate with engineering teams to standardize monitoring practices and drive innovation in observability tooling and strategy.

Responsibilities

Observability Architecture & Implementation

• Design, implement, and maintain observability solutions using AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, ELK, SolarWinds, and other monitoring tools.
• Integrate OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing and improve end‑to‑end system observability.
• Implement Monitoring as Code using infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.

Collaboration & Best Practices

• Partner with SREs, DevOps, and Software Engineers to define and enforce observability standards.
• Develop and standardize practices for monitoring, logging, and alerting across platforms.

Performance Optimization & Incident Response

• Optimize performance monitoring, anomaly detection, and automated incident response strategies.
• Drive observability‑related incident investigations, root cause analysis, and post‑mortem processes.
• Assist in major incidents and participate in on‑call rotation for tool support.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Continuously evaluate and introduce new observability tools and methodologies.
• Create dashboards, alerts, and reports to provide actionable insights into system performance and availability.

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. 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

• 7+ years of experience in observability, monitoring, or site reliability engineering.
• Advanced troubleshooting and monitoring expertise using Dynatrace and related APM tools (Dynatrace certification preferred).
• Rich experience with metrics and logging tools such as SolarWinds, ELK, Kibana.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with Monitoring as Code (MaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices architectures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of AIOps and predictive monitoring techniques.
• Cross‑platform experience in Windows Server, Linux/AIX, Networking, Virtualization, Database (MSSQL/Oracle), Cloud Computing (AWS/Azure), and storage platforms (IBM/EMC/INFINIDAT).
• Experience with middleware service layers (F5, Tibco, Datapower, MuleSoft), caching technologies, database technologies (MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Aurora RDM, MapR), authentication (PingFederate, Forgerock), and RPA tools (Workfusion).

Core Competencies

• Thrive in a team‑oriented environment with strong technical peers and leadership.
• Demonstrate curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to ask questions and support others.

Pay Range

$92,288 – $153,813 per year. Actual base salary varies by skill, experience, education, internal peer data, performance, and geographic location. LPL Total Rewards package includes 401(k) 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, LPL supports over 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth‑management practices of 1,100 financial institutions, servicing approximately $1.9 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of roughly 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.

Benefits

• Innovative Environment: Foster creativity and growth, backed by a supportive leadership team.
• Limitless Career Potential: No limits to your career growth at LPL.
• Unified Mission: One team, one mission – taking care of advisors so they can take care of clients.
• Impactful Work: Real impact in a company of the right size.
• Commitment to Equality: Workplace equality and diverse perspectives.
• Community Focus: Encouragement to serve communities.

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. If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL's Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) ###-####.