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# VP, Platform Engineering - Database

- **Company:** LPL Financial
- **Location:** Fort Mill, SC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $155,300.0 - $258,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Business Analytics Applications, JIRA, Cloud Database, Databases, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Data Centers, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Github, Identity and Access Management, JSON, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Operational Data Store, Online Transaction Processing, Open Source Technology, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, Ansible, Software Engineering, Tableau (Software), YAML, Alwayson, Curam Configuration Tools, Enterprise Software Applications, Snowflake, Electronic Medical Records, HybridCloud, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Data Lakes, Atlassian Tools, Data Management, Presto, Dataiku, Puppet, Terraform, Jenkins, Amazon Redshift
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://lplfinancial.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Fort-MillCharlotte/VP--Platform-Engineering---Database_R-051228

## About the Role

* 10+ years of data solution architecture, design, development and platform engineering experience, SQL Server expert.
 * 5+ years of progressive leadership experience working within large, global financial institutions. Demonstrated technology and people leadership experience in architecting/deploying highly scalable data solutions to the cloud
 * 5+ years experience architecting modern data integration frameworks, data modeling, ETL/ELT workflows, highly scalable distributed systems using open source and emerging data architecture designs and patterns.
 * 5+ years experience and proven track record leading migration of data platforms to new data centers and/or AWS

Core Competencies:

 * Proven expertise in database platforms (SQL Server/Always On, ORACLE/RAC, PostgreSQL), AWS RDS, Dynamo DB
 * Proven expertise in cloud data services such as OLTP, ODS, data lake and analytics platforms
 * Proven expertise in data warehousing, big data and analytics platforms (RedShift, EMR, Dataiku, Tableau, Presto)
 * Proven track record developing, communicating and executing multi-year technology strategy and roadmaps
 * Ability to convey technical solutions to the entire organization and experience working with senior leaders across the firm to leverage technology to drive positive business outcomes
 * Agile mindset; Possess a thorough understanding of modern work practices such as DevOps, Continuous Delivery, Agile project Delivery
 * Extensive experience utilizing management configuration tools (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CF) to manage data platforms at scale
 * Highly collaborative with experience in leading and influencing teams
 * Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the regulatory, security, privacy and risk safeguards required of a global financial institution

Preferences:

 * AWS LZ, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, RedShift, RDS, Snowflake, ECS, EKS, RDS, Transit Gateway, Storage Gateway, Glacier, EBS, EFS, S3, IAM, Lamdba, Jira, Terraform, GridGain Cache, FiveTran HVR
 * CI/CD (GitHub, Atlassian, Jenkins, Puppet, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, JSON, YAML)
 * Agile Methodologies: Scrum/Kanban
 * Excellent oral and written communication skills; strong executive presence

## Description

* Develop and lead infrastructure platform engineering team responsible for SQL Server environment
 * Lead database platform transformation/modernization supporting always-on enterprise applications and services
 * Accelerate infrastructure transformation to provision / manage infrastructure through infrastructure as code (IaC) to enable self-service and reduce handoffs
 * Collaborate with IT stakeholders to develop, communicate and execute a multi-year technology strategy to simplify architecture and delivery model
 * Partner with architecture team to drive tool and data platform alignment to modern data architecture practices (modern data stack).
 * Provide thought leadership for platform and data architecture as move transition to hybrid-cloud
 * Provide Tier 2,3 engineering support ensuring effective 24x7x365 support for assigned technology including vendor escalation
 * Partner with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity organizations to integrate disaster recovery processes with day-to-day technology engineering and operations
 * Build / Maintain strong partnerships with IT stakeholders including Delivery Engineering, Application Development, Architecture, Security and Operations to ensure technology investment enables/drives business strategy
 * Foster and drive organizational change through technology and process optimization
 * Establish KPIs to measure organization performance and effectiveness
 * Manage ongoing vendor relationships including evaluation products and services
 * Develop / attract / retain top talent to build and maintain a world class organization

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.


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