After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
Ability to travel, as required
7+ years of relevant experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps with 2+ years of exempt/management experience in relevant roles
Proficiency in AWS or Azure architecture, configuration, and security
Skilled in CI/CD pipeline design using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
Strong Terraform expertise, including advanced workflows and tools like Terragrunt
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps tools (Flux, ArgoCD)
Familiarity with microservices deployment and release automation
Hands-on with .NET Core containers on Linux and scripting in Linux/Windows
Knowledge of open-source and NoSQL databases (e.g., MS SQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch)
Experience with APM tools (Datadog, New Relic, etc.) and IaC security tools (Snyk, tfsec)
Preferred :
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or associated discipline
Experience working with advanced ETL data workflows including technologies such as AWS EMR, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, or Apache Hive/Spark/Airflow
Supervisory experience
Experience with IaC deployment of AKS/EKS/GKE architecture is highly desired
Experience with enterprise Data Lake environments using technologies such as DataBricks or Snowflake
Competencies :
Expert analytical/quantitative, problem-solving, and deductive reasoning skills, with experience performing advanced troubles
Benefits
Vision insurance
Additional Information
Senior Technology Development Operations Manager Cooley is seeking a Senior DevOps Manager to join the Infrastructure & Development Operations team.
Position summary: The Senior Technology Development Operations (DevOps) Manager is responsible for leading the team that designs, architects, deploys, tests, maintains, and documents the DevOps technology stack. This stack is responsible for facilitating a secure, CI/CD-enabled, and highly available SaaS-based delivery and hosting environment for Cooley's custom applications. The Senior DevOps Manager will build and deploy green-field solutions where needed, and otherwise will primarily work to improve the efficiency, security, and availability/reliability of the enterprise DevOps and related infrastructure. This role will work in an integrated fashion with the development teams to build in-depth knowledge of the products and code, attending daily stand-ups as needed. In addition to being technically advanced, this position will use a high degree of emotional intelligence and the ability to work as a team towards complex and layered objectives. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Position responsibilities:
Provide experienced leadership in developing solutions for highly scalable, highly available, hybrid cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) infrastructure patterns and platform integrations across physical colocations and hyperscalers (AWS and Azure)
Manage, build, configure, administer, operate, and maintain all components that comprise our DevOps environment
Leverage industry standard Frameworks and Blueprints as a foundation to create best-in-class Terraform IaC module libraries
Lead the evolution of our DevOps and DevSecOps practice maturity
Act as a key member of the infrastructure architecture team to identify optimization opportunities throughout the infrastructure
Define, document, and enforce configuration standards and governance through IaC
Develop, test, deploy, and optimize DevOps IaC code deployment pipelines and practices
Provision automation using CI/CD (DevOps Pipelines) and IaC (Terraform) tooling
Serve as a technical escalation point
Work with our development and data teams to integrate products into a DevOps-managed environment
Develop and maintain scripts to automate tool/service deployments to our Hybrid Cloud environment through DevOps Pipelines and Releases
Participate in software releases and deployments
Contribute to the design, update, refinement, and documentation of operational processes
Provide technical mentorship and educate team members as a subject matter expert on IaC, containerization, and CI/CD
Brainstorm new ideas and ways to improve product delivery and efficiency
Consult peer teams for feedback during the design, testing, and implementation stages
Serve as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports
Provide day-to-day supervision of direct reports, ensure compliance with assigned work hours and monitor for compliance with all firm and department policies. Manage staffing coverage, review and process time logs/time off requests
Support business professional development and continued educational opportunities
In collaboration with immediate supervisor and HR, participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events
All other duties as assigned or required