Principal Application Security Architect

LPL Financial

Principal Security Architect for LPL Financial working on Cloud, On-prem and Data security architectures. Collaborating with teams to secure APIs and innovate security standards.

Posted 6/7/2026full-timeSan Diego • New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $168,817 - $281,293 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsEC2JavaMicroservicesPythonRubyTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Secure APIs by implementing robust access control mechanisms, OAuth, JWT, and configuring API gateway security to ensure authenticated and authorized access.
Develop reusable security design patterns addressing common cybersecurity challenges, ensuring consistency and best practices across diverse technology stacks and business domains.
Craft clear, actionable security standards and policies, aligning them with industry best practices and regulatory requirements while ensuring adaptability to emerging technologies.
Lead the design and innovation of security architectures, integrating advanced technologies to protect against evolving threats while enabling business agility and growth.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to align security initiatives with business objectives, ensuring broad support and integration at all levels.
Expertise in cybersecurity frameworks, network security, cloud security, identity management, and encryption, with proficiency in implementing zero-trust architectures and secure DevOps practices across diverse IT environments.
Threat modeling, risk assessment, and vulnerability management, coupled with experience in SIEM implementation, log analysis, and incident response in complex enterprise settings.
Conduct thorough threat analysis using intelligence and analytics to identify and mitigate potential security risks proactively, reducing business impact.
Implement and oversee a risk management framework, balancing security investments with business needs to protect assets while supporting growth and innovation.
Securing machine learning models against adversarial attacks, ensuring data privacy in AI training sets, and implementing ethical AI principles in security applications.
Develop secure AI/ML pipelines, including model integrity verification, secure feature engineering, and anomaly detection in AI-driven systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of security architecture and API security, designing secure API gateways and microservices architectures
8+ years of experience with information security controls, guidelines, and standards (e.g., ISO27000 series, OWASP, CSA CCM, CIS 20 Critical Security Controls, SOX, and NIST).
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience
Technical knowledge/coding skills in any of the following: Java, C# .Net, Ruby and/or Python
In-depth knowledge of AWS and its core services, including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and security-related services like security groups, ACLs AWS Security Hub, AWS WAF, and Amazon GuardDuty.
Working knowledge of Terraform, Cloud Formation, Pulumi, and/or Ansible.
Solid experience securing scalable web architectures and distributed systems.
Solid understanding of malware, emerging threats, attacks, and vulnerability management.
CCSP/Other Cloud Specific Certification, CISSP and/or GIAC are a plus.
AI/ML security.
Proven record securing ML models and AI pipelines in financial services.
Proficient in ML algorithms, deep learning frameworks, AI ethics.
Experienced in AI/ML security controls.
Expert in OAuth, OpenID Connect, JWT.
Proficient in API threat modeling, automated security testing.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401K matching
health benefits
employee stock options
paid time off
volunteer time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

API securitysecurity architecturezero-trust architecturerisk assessmentvulnerability managementthreat modelingsecure DevOps practicesmachine learning securityencryptionautomated security testing

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipcommunicationadaptabilityproblem-solvinginnovationstrategic alignmentstakeholder engagementbusiness acumenproactive risk management

Certifications

CCSPCISSPGIAC