Principal Security Architect
LPL Financial
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This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $172,963–$229,730 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $205k versus about $201k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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LPL Financial is the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States, providing brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial institutions. Industry: Financial Services & Wealth Management
LPL Financial currently has 101 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $122,673–$204,455 across 55 roles with salary data.
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The Principal Security Architect joins the Information Security team to lead project efforts across Cloud, On-prem, and Data security architectures. Working with Development, Operations, and Enterprise Architecture teams, this role involves designing and innovating security architectures to protect against evolving threats while enabling business agility. Key responsibilities include securing APIs using OAuth, JWT, and gateway configurations, developing reusable security design patterns, and implementing zero-trust architectures and secure DevOps practices. The role requires expertise in threat modeling, risk assessment, and securing AI/ML pipelines against adversarial attacks. Candidates must possess technical skills in Java, C# .Net, Ruby, or Python, alongside deep knowledge of AWS services, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible. The position addresses complex cybersecurity challenges within a financial services context, ensuring data privacy and regulatory compliance.
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