Disaster Recovery Engineer II

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Job Overview

LPL Financial is seeking a Disaster Recovery Engineer II to support the resilience and recoverability of critical technology systems and applications. This is a hands-on engineering role responsible for implementing, maintaining, automating, and testing disaster recovery solutions across on-premises and cloud environments.

The Disaster Recovery Engineer II will partner with infrastructure, application, security, and technology teams to validate recovery capabilities, support disaster recovery exercises, monitor Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and identify opportunities to improve recovery processes and automation.

Job Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain, and support disaster recovery solutions for critical applications and infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Configure and support replication, backup, recovery, virtualization, and related disaster recovery technologies.
• Execute scheduled disaster recovery tests, exercises, and simulations to validate recovery procedures and technology capabilities.
• Develop and maintain automation for disaster recovery processes using Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting technologies.
• Monitor recovery capabilities against established RTOs and RPOs and assist with identifying and remediating recovery gaps.
• Troubleshoot technical issues identified during DR testing or recovery activities and partner with appropriate engineering teams to resolve them.
• Participate in incident response and recovery activities during significant outages or disaster events.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery procedures, technical configurations, runbooks, and supporting documentation.
• Partner with infrastructure, application development, security, and cloud teams to incorporate recovery requirements into technology solutions.
• Support continuous improvement of disaster recovery processes, testing, automation, reporting, and technical capabilities.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. 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

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in disaster recovery, infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, cloud engineering, or a related IT resilience role.
• Hands-on experience implementing and supporting disaster recovery technologies, including replication, backup/recovery, virtualization, or recovery orchestration solutions.
• Experience supporting cloud and/or hybrid disaster recovery environments, including AWS or Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting technologies for automation of infrastructure or recovery processes.
• Working knowledge of disaster recovery principles, RTO/RPO concepts, and enterprise DR testing and recovery procedures.

Core Requirements

• Understanding of Windows and/or Linux operating systems.
• Knowledge of storage, networking, virtualization, server, and cloud infrastructure concepts.
• Experience executing DR exercises, recovery testing, or technology resiliency testing.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical recovery issues across multiple infrastructure components.
• Strong documentation skills, including development and maintenance of technical runbooks and recovery procedures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with infrastructure, application, security, and engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced enterprise technology environment.
• Understanding of technology risk, controls, and change management.

Preferred

• Experience working in a large enterprise or highly regulated environment.
• Experience within the financial services industry.
• Familiarity with NIST, ISO 22301, FFIEC, or similar business continuity and resilience frameworks.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure-native resiliency and recovery capabilities.
• Experience with DR orchestration or recovery automation technologies.
• Relevant cloud, infrastructure, disaster recovery, or business continuity certifications.

This is a hybrid role, requiring onsite presence at our Fort Mill SC office 3 days per week, as much of the team and leadership are based there.

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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(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 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. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

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 (855) 575-6947.

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What Makes Us Special

LPL Financial is the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.* Our company is widely known for its financial strength, exceptional service, and favorable industry reputation among financial professionals.

To understand who we are, it’s important to know our core belief: financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. LPL Financial creates the space to let you do what you do best – create personal, long-term client relationships that turn financial aspirations into realities. Each year, thousands of financial professionals successfully manage billions of dollars in assets.

Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. To learn more about our organization visit our About LPL page.

* As reported by Financial Planning magazine, June 1996-2019, based on total revenue.

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