Sr Systems Engineer - Storage

Are you a team player? Are you curious to learn? Are you interested in working in meaningful projects? Do you want to work with cutting-edge technology? Are you interested in being part of a team that is working to transform and do things differently? If so, LPL Financial is the place for you!

Excited to learn more? If so, then this could be the role for you!   

LPL Financial (Nasdaq: LPLA) was founded on the principle that the firm should work for the advisor, and not the other way around. Today, LPL is a leader* in the markets we serve, supporting more than 18,000 financial advisors, 800 institution-based investment programs and 450 independent RIA firms nationwide.

We are steadfast in our commitment to the advisor-centered model and the belief that Americans deserve access to personalized guidance from a financial advisor. At LPL, independence means that advisors have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run their perfect practice. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

Job Overview:

As a Storage Engineer, you will provide system implementation, support, monitoring, and maintenance of LPL Financial solutions and services. You will perform daily system operations tasks to verify system integrity and availability as well as perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware/OS upgrades, and resource optimization. You will also be responsible for implementing and monitoring applications and servers, respond to alarms in a timely manner to prevent client impact and performance degradation. As a member of this team, you will manage changes and project activities while communicating with impacted stakeholders. This includes developing and deploying automation tools to optimize daily activities and complete assigned incident management tasks. You will be responsible for supporting multiple projects in responsive and timely manner.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for being a hands-on administrator of multiple storage systems and backups.

• Collaboration with storage engineering team, well-formed delivery teams, VMWare, Windows, Linux, and other engineering and operations team.

• Backups we will require skills in Cohesity, offsite backup and cloud backups and restores.

• Hands on responsibility for Infinidat, EMC PowerMax, NetApp, and EMC ECS platforms.

• Emphasis on day to day administration of our storage platforms including firmware, hardware, and software upgrades.

• Work in accordance with and execute LPL Financial policies and procedures, understand personal role in safeguarding corporate and client assets, and take appropriate action to prevent and report lapses in policies and procedures within scope of position.

What are we looking for?

We want strong collaboratorswho 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.

Requirements:

• 5 years of storage administration and storage engineering work experience 

• 5 years of experience with Cohesity Backup 

• 5 years of experience with EMC PowerMax and ECS storage platforms

• 5 years of experience with NetApp physical and virtual appliances

• 5 years of experience with Infinidat storage platforms 

Preferences:

• Experience with disaster recovery methodologies  

• Experience with storage area networks, NAS and Virtual SAN’s 

• Experience with VMware vSAN

• Knowledge of AWS cloud storage and backup a plus. 

• Experience with migrating storage between data centers as part of data center consolidation is a plus. 

• Create and maintain operational documentation 

• Participate in after hours on-call rotation for problem alerts 

• Configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting for Cisco SAN switches

• Experience supporting scripting/automating server/client maintenance 

• May be required to lift up to 20 lbs., i.e. server, network equipment

• Perform other responsibilities as assigned 

• Willing to travel up to 20% as needed 

• Willing to work additional or irregular hours as needed and allowed by local regulations 

Why LPL? 

At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential.

We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees.We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work.

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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 (800) 877-7210.