Engineer: Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture

About the role

Mayer Brown is seeking an Engineer: Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture to join our Information Technology department in our Chicago office.

Responsibilities

• Ensures efficient functioning of data storage and processing functions in accordance with the firm’s security policies and best practices in cloud security
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards for code quality and thoughtful design
• Identify, analyze, and resolve legacy and cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues
• Implement and manage cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines
• Develops, maintains and documents infrastructure best practices, guidelines, and guardrails for on-premise and cloud technologies
• Develops and deploys modular cloud-based systems
• Works with the Platform Engineering team to provide automation enhancements to help keep the environment consistent, ease large tasks, ensure compliance, and helps with life cycle management
• Attends regular vendor meetings for areas of expertise, stays informed of latest technology roadmaps, security notifications, and bug/hot fixes
• Ensures optimization of architecture is accessed before, during and after cloud migrations
• Ensures vendors provide proper levels of support, maintain SLA’s and provide root cause analysis for escalated issues
• Works with application and Infrastructure teams to ensure both new and existing systems follow BC/DR guidelines, have documented plans, and are tested and reviewed on an agreed basis
• Completes all administrative tasks, i.e., (time tracking, project and task updates, trouble ticket notes, status reports, responding to email, etc.) accurately and on time
• Fosters trust and builds relationships with the other Information Technology teams both globally and within the region
• Acts as an escalation point for the IT Operations team
• Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives

Qualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, Information Technology or related field. A combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when the experience has been directly related to the functions of the job
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience, required
• Microsoft Azure Certifications, preferred
• Prior experience in on-premise to cloud transformation
• Prior experience working in a global environment, preferred

Technical Skills

• Private cloud datacentre, including VMware, Cisco UCS, Dell EMC, required
• Private cloud networking, including Cisco ACI, F5 load balancing, Palo Alto firewall, SDWAN, required
• Knowledge of Information Security best practices, required
• Experience automating into public cloud providers, required
• Assessing cloud environments for drift and misconfiguration and remediation workflows implementation via automation, required
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, required
• Experience with Azure Migrate Windows Server and associated infrastructure (e.g. AD), preferred
• Linux, preferred
• PowerShell, preferred
• Kubernetes, preferred
• Terraform, preferred

Performance Traits

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with all levels of the Firm and outside vendors
• Ability to work in a diverse team environment and effectively support the demanding needs of the Firm
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines with shifting priorities
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists, and subject-matter experts
• Self-starter with a high level of initiative
• Strong customer service skills, able to anticipate needs and exercise independent judgment
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects
• Solid strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working to Agile methodologies
• Committed to continued advancement
• Familiarity with established project management and other structured operational practices
• High level of discretion, comfortable handling sensitive information and maintaining confidentiality
• Willingness to challenge the status quo

Physical Requirements

• May require travel to other offices as needed